{"id":1040,"date":"2026-08-11T06:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/jacob-zuma-appoints-son-duduzane-as-mk-party-first-deputy-president\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:03:42","slug":"jacob-zuma-appoints-son-duduzane-as-mk-party-first-deputy-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ujacob-zuma-uqoke-indodana-yakhe-ududuzane-njengephini-likamengameli-weqembu-imk\/","title":{"rendered":"UJacob Zuma Uqoka Indodana uDuduzane njengePhini LikaMongameli Wokuqala we-MK Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UJacob Zuma waqeda iQembu Lomsebenzi KaMongameli le-MK Party ngomhlaka-28 Julayi 2026, walishintsha ngeQembu Elisha Lomongameli Onobuhlakani futhi waqoka indodana yakhe, uDuduzane Zuma, njengephini likamongameli wokuqala weqembu ngomhlaka-10 Agasti 2026, okuyisinyathelo esiqinisa ukulawulwa kukaZuma ngqo kwesakhiwo esiphezulu seqembu, ngokusho kwezimemezelo kanye nemibhalo yeqembu.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukushintsha Okuvamile kanye Negunya Eliphakathi<\/h4>\n<p>Selokhu eba ngumholi we-MK Party ngokusemthethweni ngo-Ephreli 2024, uJacob Zuma ushintshe izikhundla ezibalulekile ngokuphindaphindiwe, okuhlanganisa nokuqoka uMpiyakhe Fanyana Limba ongumgcinimafa-jikelele ngoMashi 2025 ngemuva kokusula kukaDkt. Thanti Mthanti. Ezinye izikhundla ezifana nonobhala-jikelele, iphini likanobhala-jikelele, kanye nosotswebhu omkhulu nazo zibone izinguquko eziqhutshwa ukwengamela kukaZuma ngqo, ngokusho kwemibiko ye-The Citizen kanye ne-IOL.<\/p>\n<p>Ukushintsha kusuka kuQembu Lomsebenzi KaMongameli kuya kuQembu LoMongameli Oqanjiwe kuphawula ukuguqulwa kobuholi okwesithathu okukhulu eminyakeni emibili. Umthethosisekelo we-MK Party unikeza umongameli igunya elibanzi lokukhipha izinqumo ngokuphathwa kweqembu, uthi, \u201cUmongameli uzoba namandla okugcina okukhipha izinqumo zikamongameli kunoma yiluphi udaba oluphathelene nokusebenza, ukuphathwa kanye nesiqondiso senqubomgomo yeqembu ngokwezintshisekelo zeqembu.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Ukubaluleka Kwe-MK Party Nabasekeli Bayo<\/h4>\n<p>Indlela kaZuma yobuholi igcizelela ukuzimisela kwakhe ukugcina ukuqapha okuqinile komuntu siqu. Ekhuluma ngezinguquko zakamuva, uZuma uthe, \u201cNgasho kwasekuqaleni ukuthi angifuni kukhethwe abantu ngoba kuyinkinga. Kodwa ngikushiyile ngoba amaqabane athi, \u2018Masikwenze\u2019. Manje inkinga engangizama ukuyigwema isiphezu kwethu. Ngangifuna ukwenza lokhu ngedwa futhi [ngikwazi] ukuthi \u2018wena nawe nawe\u2019, ngokusekelwe olwazini lwami ngabo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abahlaziyi baphawule ukuthi isu likaZuma libonakala lihlose ukuqeda izingxabano zangaphakathi nokuqinisekisa ukwethembeka ebuholini obuphezulu beqembu. Lezi zinguquko zifika ngesikhathi lapho ubumbano lwangaphakathi lubonakala lubalulekile ekwethembekeni kwe-MK Party kwezepolitiki kazwelonke. Ukuqokwa kukaDuduzane Zuma njengephini likamongameli wokuqala kuqinisa ukugxila ekuqhubekeni kobuholi kanye nokwenza izinqumo ezihlanganisiwe ngaphakathi kwenhlangano.<\/p>\n<p>I-MK Party kulindeleke ukuthi icacise izinto eziza kuqala eqenjini lobuholi elisha ngaphambi kwemihlangano yenqubomgomo kazwelonke ezayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UJacob Zuma uchitha isigungu esiphezulu sobuholi be-MK Party, uqoka indodana yakhe uDuduzane njengephini likamongameli wokuqala, okuqinisa igunya eliphakathi ngaphakathi kweqembu.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[829,34,97,676,293],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jacob-zuma","tag-duduzane-zuma","tag-jacob-zuma","tag-mk-party","tag-party-leadership","tag-south-african-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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