Zuma's daughter attacks MK Party

She says the organisation lacks a clear ideology

- By Mawande AmaShabalala

Thuthukile Zuma, the daughter of MK Party president Jacob Zuma, has fired a broadside at her father's party, saying it lacks clear ideology and difficult to follow.

Speaking on the latest episode of the Sunday World Engage podcast, Thuthukile, a member of the ANC Joburg Regional Task Team (RTT), also dismissed speculation that she is a sleeper agent who secretly supports the MK Party, which was established in 2023 following Zuma's departure from “the ANC of President Cyril Ramaphosa”.

“I am not sure what their policies are. I'm not sure what their ideological inclination and leanings are. I'm not entirely sure what it is that they are offering to the electorate in terms of where they want to take South Africa.”

She stressed that her commitment remains firmly with the ANC and rebuffed any efforts to undermine her loyalty by invoking her family name.

Thuthukile said the ANC was the only political vehicle to advance black unity despite MK Party and EFF claiming same after failing to come to the party during GNU negotiations.

“I'm simply making the point that if really people were committed to black unity, we probably wouldn't be in a GNU with the DA and all the challenges that we face, but that blame is placed on the ANC, and I'm saying it's misplaced,” she said.

“Now I was just making an observation, these proponents of black unity (MKP and EFF) can come to the table and have a serious discussion about black unity but