Following the historic announcement by former president Jacob Zuma that he was going to canvass for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and not the ANC, South Africa’s political landscape was reconfigured.
Many political leaders who had been caught off-guard were set in panic mode. Some even made public statements which were unwarranted. Such statements reflected badly on their political parties.
Since then, the MKP has been making its presence felt in different provinces, albeit in different magnitudes. As the party showed growth in support, some of those who had