Is MK takeover of KZN so bad?

Former ANC treasurer-general Matthews Phosa tells a story in his book of how laissez-faire the other members of former president Jacob Zuma's ANC top six had become in their positions as leaders of the ruling party that they agreed to have a meeting at Zuma's house in the presence of the three Gupta brothers, who were the kingpins of state capture, as the Zondo commission has showed.

- Sydney Majoko

He tells of a meeting he attended with the former president at the Gupta's Saxonwold compound and how he encountered former Eskom and Transnet CEO Brian Molefe walking around the house.

And who can forget the story of how current secretary-general of the ANC Fikile Mbalula found out he was being promoted to sport minister in May 2009. Mbalula was allegedly summoned to the same Saxonwold compound that Phosa talks of and was told of his promotion by the Guptas.

The man who, as president, gave the Gupta brothers so much power to run the country on his behalf has a political party. And if social media conspiracy theories are to be believed, his uMkhonto weSizwe party might soon be running South Africa's second most populous province after Gauteng.