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    After elections, the ANC will be government, says Mbalula at another mic-snatching drama event

    After elections, the ANC will be government, says Mbalula at another mic-snatching drama event

    The ANC will remain in government after the elections, said the party’s secretary-general Fikile Mbalula just before another mic-snatching drama transpired after the singing of Wenzeni uZuma.
    “The ANC governs and I can tell you when we wake up on May 30 the ANC will still be government” he said in KwaZulu-Natal.
    He was delivering a keynote address at the party’s arts and culture sub-committee engagement with the creative industry which promised to deal with the exploitation of artists.
    After Mbalula delivered his address it was time for a song, but the one sang was not the kind members liked. 
    “Wenzeni uZuma?” (what has Zuma done?) sang an ANC supporter on stage, but his singing barely lasted 10 seconds before Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa president Joy Mbewana seized the microphone and sang another song. 
    Wenzeni uZuma, is often sang by former president Jacob Zuma’s loyalists to annoy his political enemies.
    ANC MP and programme director at the event Thandi Moraka said disruptions would not be tolerated. 
    The first microphone-grabbing drama happened this weekend in KwaZulu-Natal in the presence of Zulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini and President Cyril Ramaphosa. ANC provincial chair Siboniso Duma snatched the microphone from Zulu traditional prime minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi, who was about to introduce the king. He had criticised the provincial government’s treatment of King Misuzulu.
    Support for the ANC has been declining since the 2009 elections. A further decline is expected in this year’s elections.

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    Jacob Zuma named presidential candidate for MK party

    Jacob Zuma named presidential candidate for MK party

    The MK party has announced 81-year-old former president Jacob Zuma as its presidential candidate in the national and provincial elections.
    They do not want any engagements on the topic, said the party’s youth leader Bonginkosi Khanyile.
    Zuma has ambitions of being president again to “fix things” but the constitution will not allow him. There has been resistance from the party against such obstacles with interim spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndlela last month saying: “If the people want Jacob Zuma on the ballot that’s what will happen. Zuma will be on the ballot and will lead the country.”
    Zuma served two terms when he was president.
    MK party leader in KwaZulu-Natal Visvin Reddy recently warned if the party is not on ballot papers there will be civil war and no elections will take place.
    A pastor representing some religious leaders in the province threatened the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) that should it not “give” the party a two-thirds majority, anarchy would prevail. He made the remarks in Zuma’s presence.
    President Cyril Ramaphosa last week warned those who threaten instability if things do not go their way in the elections will be arrested.
    The candidate list the MKparty submitted to the IEC was leaked last week by an IEC official, which hinted at the party’s announcement of Zuma in the No 1 position on the list, ranked according to party hierarchy.
    Zuma was suspended by the ANC for campaigning for the MK party. The ANC will make a decision on his future after the elections.

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    Sifiso Mkhwanazi guilty of murdering and raping six Joburg sex workers

    Sifiso Mkhwanazi guilty of murdering and raping six Joburg sex workers

    Sifiso Mkhwanazi has been found guilty by the Gauteng High Court sitting in Palm for killing six Johannesburg sex workers.

    On Wednesday Judge Cassim Moosa found Mkhwanazi guilty of six counts of murder, six of rape, six of defeating the ends of justice, and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

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    Accused in Joshlin Smith case abandon bail, charges against one suspect withdrawn 

    Accused in Joshlin Smith case abandon bail, charges against one suspect withdrawn 

    Three of the four suspects alleged to be involved in the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, have abandoned their bail applications. Additionally, the state withdrew charges against accused number four, Phumza Sigaqa. 

    The accused, who are charged with kidnapping and human trafficking appeared in the Vredenburg magistrate’s court on Wednesday.

    Joshlin’s whereabouts remain unknown. She was reported missing on February 19 in Saldanha Bay. 

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    Zuma says he'll give up if MK Party is not voted into power

    Zuma says he'll give up if MK Party is not voted into power

    MK Party leading member Jacob Zuma says if voters don’t vote for his party and “liberate” black people that would be the last straw and he would give up the cause.
    He would wash his hands of his attempts to free black South Africans.
    He is the number one candidate for the MK Party, according to a leaked list, ranked according to party hierarchy, that was submitted to the IEC. He is also an ANC member who was suspended in January.
    Zuma has been campaigning for the new party, saying its purpose is to free black people, arguing that the country’s laws are anti-African. Some of his controversial ideas include sending pregnant teenagers to Robben island and imposing anti-gay laws which he has always stood by, despite apologising for his homophobic views in 2006.
    Zuma was speaking at a Cape Town church, Shekinah Healing Ministries, on Sunday, where he confirmed being one of the masterminds behind the formation of the new political party.
    Despite his ambitions to be president he is constitutionally forbidden from being head of state again as he served his two terms.

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    ‘Siya Kolisi is not a hero,’ says MK Party’s Bonginkhosi Khanyile 

    ‘Siya Kolisi is not a hero,’ says MK Party’s Bonginkhosi Khanyile 

    Leader of the MK Party Youth League Bonginkhosi Khanyile says Springbok captain Siya Kolisi is not a hero to black people. Speaking on the Hustlers podcast with DJ Sbu, Khanyile insinuated Kolisi makes black people slaves of “white propaganda”.

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