Zuma started MK Party to 'stop ANC from the direction it is taking'

NKANDLA - Former statesman Jacob Zuma says he wouldn’t have dared to launch the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party if he thought for a second the idea wouldn’t succeed.

Zuma’s organisation – which was launched just six months ago - is now the third largest party in the country with more than two million votes cast in his favour.

However, Zuma remains unhappy – insisting he has evidence to show the 2024 national and provincial elections were tampered with.

He did not show Eyewitness News any of the evidence during a widespread interview – where he shared his thoughts on the polls and his relationship with the ANC.

Zuma said following the Nasrec Expo Centre 2022 conference, some pledged to not vote for the African National Congress (ANC) as led by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

He said the threats helped him to carve out a new path.

“I could not allow that, that’s why I took a decision that I am not going to vote for them, but I am not going to leave politics and I must find a way how to stop the ANC from the direction it is taking.”

Zuma’s launch of the MK Party in December stunned some in the ANC.

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This saw his former staunch allies like Nomvula Mokonyane, Mzwandile Masina and Supra Mahumapelo publicly distance themselves from him.

Zuma said he needed to protect his project.

“I chose the people I was going to deal with, that I worked with. If I had told people, that thing would not have worked. I went underground, applied my tactics, applied my underground training...”