Magashule and Maphatsoe step in to deal with KZN military vets standoff

Umkhonto we Sizwe military veterans protested outside the KwaZulu-Natal ANC office on Monday. File picture.ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association president Kebby Maphatsoe were on Tuesday afternoon locked in the KwaZulu-Natal ANC office to deal with a power struggle within the province.resolve the contentious issue of the legality of the MKMVA structure in the province.is over the provincial leadership's tenure.

The ANC, however, has rejected calls to interfere or attempt to disband the expired MKMVA provincial leadership. “The SG [Magashule] and MKMVA president [Maphatsoe] are here with the provincial secretary. They are meeting with a delegation representing MK soldiers, who call themselves 'MK freedom fighters',” said ANC KwaZulu-Natal spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela.

“They are raising their issues with the SG. The key thing they are demanding is that we [ANC KZN] disband the MK provincial structure. That has been a bone of contention in our engagement because it is not our competency.”

You mean they were comparing notes?

Ready for what exactly...the armed struggle was called off after 94 ..we hv one army sandf and one police saps.We are in a democracy now ..we are now fighting for economic freedom and poverty alleviation..

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