Expert says the ANC will retain power in KZN

Cultural expert and political analyst, Professor Musa Xulu, says the ANC will remain in control of KwaZulu-Natal after the May 29 elections despite the emergence of Jacob Zuma’s MK Party.

His projections come 18 days before South Africans head to the polls and vote in what has been dubbed this generation’s 1994.

While some believe Zuma’s party could distract the ANC’s chances of winning back the former president’s home province, Xulu says the people of KwaZulu-Natal have warmed up to President Cyril Ramaphosa and might give his party another chance.

Speaking to YNews, Xulu says while the MK Party seems to have the hearts of the Zulu people – the perception might just be a matter of smokes and mirrors.

Despite this, however, the MK Party is adamant that it will make history by winning a two-thirds majority during the upcoming vote.

Last month, the party shared that should it be voted into power, provinces will be led by Amakhosi (Chiefs), once again reigniting the calls once made by the late IFP leader, uMangosuthu Buthelezi, for KZN to be a Zulu state.

Despite the party’s ambitions, however, some South Africans are skeptical on whether the new kid on the political block will actually make it to the May 29 general elections as it keeps shedding members it believes are spies for the ANC.

The MK Party-aligned Injeje yamaNguni Council recently made headlines after it issued a warning to MK ‘founder’ Jabulani Khumalo to increase his security.

The group is upset over Khumalo’s request to the IEC to remove Zuma as the face and president of the MK Party.

Xulu says the move is testament to the party’s true intentions and nature.

Xulu says the MK Party was not founded on ideology, but rather it is made up of a group of angry Zuma supporters who used to benefit from State Capture, which is blamed for crippling state-owned entities.

He says what Injenje Council stands for nor says does not represent all Amakhosi and Izinduna in KZN but the interests of the Zuma faction, which is led by Indunankulu Phumlani kaMfeka, who is the former president’s relative.