{"id":566,"date":"2024-05-07T17:43:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T15:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/?p=566"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T15:46:08","slug":"jabulani-khumalo-writes-to-iec-to-remove-jacob-zuma-from-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ujabulani-khumalo-ubhalela-iec-ukuthi-ikhiphe-ujacob-zuma-evotini\/","title":{"rendered":"UJabulani Khumalo Ubhalela i-IEC ukuthi Ikhiphe uJacob Zuma eBhayithini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPHIKO loMkhonto weSizwe (MK) luveze ukuthi alukakutholi ukuxhumana okusemthethweni okuvela kumsunguli walo owaxoshwa, uMnuz Jabulani Khumalo, ecela kukhishwe uMnuz Jacob Zuma esikhundleni sokuba ngumengameli weqembu.<\/p>\n<p>Impendulo ilandelwe ngemuva kokuvela kwezincwadi okuthiwa zivela kuKhumalo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngoLwesibili. Lezi zincwadi okuthiwa ziqondiswe kwiKhomishini yoKhetho yaseNingizimu Afrika (IEC), zicele ukuthi le nhlangano ikhiphe ngokushesha uJacob Zuma njengomengameli weqembu kanye nommeleli wayo okhethweni. Kubikwa ukuthi uKhumalo uthi uZuma uthatha lezi zikhundla \u201cngokukhwabanisa\u201d. Kuthiwa uphinde wabhalela uZuma ngqo, emazisa ngokumiswa kwakhe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I-IEC:<\/p>\n<p>Siyitholile incwadi kaJabulani Khumalo ethi i-IEC kumele ikhiphe uMengameli Zuma esikhundleni <a href=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/\">MK Party<\/a> ubuso nomongameli.<\/p>\n<p>I-IEC yenza ngokuvumelana nomyalelo womholi weqembu obhalisiwe. Kulesi simo, uMongameli Zuma ungumholi obhalisiwe we-MK Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fscK9rPN1a\">pic.twitter.com\/fscK9rPN1a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Izwe Lethu (@LandNoli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LandNoli\/status\/1787813298261430525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Meyi 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Loba kunjalo isikhulumeli sebandla leMK uNhlamulo Ndhlela ugcizelele ukuthi iqembu alikatholi lutho olusemthethweni oluvela kuKhumalo ngaloludaba esithi:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSizibonile lezi zincwadi zisabalala ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kodwa akukho okusemthethweni esikutholile okuvela kuye.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Izincwadi zikaKhumalo ziza ngemuva kwezindaba zakhe zakamuva <a href=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ukushintshashintsha-kwezepolitiki-eqenjini-le-mk-kuholela-ekuxoshweni-kwamalungu\/\">ukuxoshwa<\/a> eqenjini le-MK kanye namanye amalungu amane. Iqembu lichaze ukuthi lesi sinqumo siyingxenye yomzamo \u201cwokuzihlanza nokuzihlanza ezintweni ezikhohlakele\u201d ezingase zithiye umgomo walo wokuthola iningi lezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu.<\/p>\n<p>NgoSepthemba 7, 2023, uKhumalo wabhalisa iqembu le-MK ku-IEC. Encwadini ebhalwe ngoMeyi 5, usole uZuma ngokungena ezikhundleni zakhe ngendlela engafanele nokwenza izenzo ezahlukene zokungaziphathi kahle eqenjini le-MK. Unxuse i-IEC ukuthi ithathe isinyathelo ngokushesha:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;Kulezi zimo, ngicela, ngokushesha, ukuthi iKhomishana yoKhetho isuse igama likaMnu. Zuma &#039;njengobuso&#039; be-MK Party.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Njengamanje uZuma nguyena oseqhulwini ohlwini lwabazomela iqembu le-MK ePhalamende futhi uwubuso obuthathe indawo kaKhumalo okhethweni.<\/p>\n<p>Khonamanjalo, i-MK Party Youth League izwakalise ukukhathazeka kwayo ngokhulumela uNkateko Mkhabela, wayichitha imizamo kaKhumalo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSiyamenqaba ngokuphelele uMnu. Jabulani Khumalo nanoma yiziphi izinhlangano ezihlangene naye futhi sinqaba ngokuqinile ukuholwa ngumuntu ohambahamba ebusuku,\u201d kusho uMkhabela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Uphinde waxwayisa ngokubukela phansi ubuholi bukaZuma:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSixwayisa uMnu. Jabulani Khumalo kanye nozakwabo abangahlakaniphile ngokubukela phansi uMengameli u-JG Zuma futhi, ngenxa yalokho, umzabalazo wethu esihlangene wenkululeko yezomnotho ekuphileni kwethu.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IZINDABA EZIPHUMAYO:<\/p>\n<p>UMengameli Jacob Zuma ungumnikazi osemthethweni we-MK Party kanye ne-ANC<\/p>\n<p>Akakwazi ukuxoshwa noma ukususwa yinoma yimuphi umncane.<\/p>\n<p>Ngiyabonga! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M8uRJ5v7QY\">pic.twitter.com\/M8uRJ5v7QY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sive \u2728 (@SiveXaluva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiveXaluva\/status\/1787802881971650883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Meyi 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPHIKO loMkhonto weSizwe (MK) luveze ukuthi alukakutholi ukuxhumana okusemthethweni okuvela kumsunguli walo owaxoshwa, uMnuz Jabulani Khumalo, ecela kukhishwe uMnuz Jacob Zuma esikhundleni sokuba ngumengameli weqembu. Impendulo ilandelwe ngemuva kokuvela kwezincwadi okuthiwa zivela kuKhumalo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngoLwesibili. Lezi zincwadi, okuthiwa ziqondiswe kuKhomishini Yokhetho [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[61,121],"class_list":["post-566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stratcom","tag-jabulani-khumalo","tag-nkateko-mkhabela"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jabulani Khumalo Writes to IEC to Remove Jacob Zuma from Ballot - MK Party<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ujabulani-khumalo-ubhalela-iec-ukuthi-ikhiphe-ujacob-zuma-evotini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jabulani Khumalo Writes to IEC to Remove Jacob Zuma from Ballot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party stated that it has not received any official communication from its expelled founder, Jabulani Khumalo, requesting the removal of Jacob Zuma from his role as party president. 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