Former President Jacob Zuma’s electioneering machinery reached the Vaal Triangle recently where the veteran politician lured voters at the Rivers of Living Waters Church in Evaton.
Zuma also addressed hundreds of supporters at the Saul Tsotetsi Sports Complex in Sebokeng Zone 14 respectively.
The former ANC president is wearing a different cap now as he is actively mobilizing voters to cast their ballot for the newly formed Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) political party.
The stalemate between Zuma and the ANC have since seen him get suspended by the former liberation movement.
The ANC has even threatened legal action challenging its former President’s use of the name MK to form a political party.
The organization contends that the name MK is the ANC’s brainchild – claiming the former armed wing of the ANC while in exile is the organization’s exclusive brand.
Addressing hundreds of worshippers and supporters, Msholozi said the MK was created as a tool to defend the ANC against ‘those who want to destroy it.’
He accused the current ANC leadership of not representing the aspirations of the people and the formerly disenfranchised black majority.
He said the peace treaty of Vereeniging after the Anglo-Boer War in 1910 was the first step taken by colonial powers to dispossess Africans of their land.
“After this treaty Kings stopped being in charge of running the affairs of their people and started reporting to white magistrates and their queen in England,” he said.
He said: “They were afraid that if Africans can vote as one they would win every election because of their numbers.”
“It is good to reflect on where we are coming from as black people and talking about what should be happening in our country.”
Msholozi said the meeting of Africans in 1912 in Bloemfontein where the ANC was formed had as its main aim the return of the stolen land to its rightful owners.
He held that should the MK emerge with a two-thirds majority from the next general elections it will change the constitution to be of benefit to the Africans.
The event was attended by representatives from all provinces except the Western Cape.
The All African Alliance Movement (AAM) was also represented by its President at the event.
Bishop Steven Zondo, head of the church, likened the latter to a ‘godsend’ to save the country from a brink of collapse.
He said Zuma had been subjected to all forms of abuse because of his love for the people.
He called on the audience to feel free supporting MK in the forthcoming elections.
