Another change at the top in Zuma’s MK Party

MK party leader Jacob Zuma. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP Following a meeting on Thursday, the leadership of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has removed its secretary-general, Bongani Mncwango, and replaced him with MP Sibonelo Nomvaalo. Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the changes are meant to strengthen the management of the party and prepare it for the upcoming local government elections.

“Comrade Nomvalo is tasked with serving as the centre of organisational management, ensuring smooth operations and maintaining the Party’s structural integrity,” he said. It is still not clear if Nomvalo will step down from his parliamentary duties since he also serves on the ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Ndhlela’s statement did not give other reasons for Mncwango’s removal.

Nomvalo is reportedly the ninth secretary-general of the party since its founding in 2023. Ndhlela further announced changes to the MK Party’s KZN structure. Simphiwe Mpungose is the new KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Secretary.

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He has also been tasked with managing the party there and ensuring that it is ready for the elections. Gobizizwe Makhanya was announced as the Provincial Organiser, while Tholakele Dlamini, a qualified industrial psychologist and HR developer with vast knowledge of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), has been appointed to lead the party’s electoral strategy as the Head of Elections. “The MK Party embraces these changes as moments of decisive alignment that should be interpreted within the Party’s broader organisational and ideological architecture.

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