MKP leader Jacob Zuma with her daughter Brumelda Zuma who has been deployed to parliament to represent the party. The appointment of Jacob Zuma’s lesser-known daughter to replace his prominent daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla in parliament might be used by internal factionalists to divide the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP), said party leaders. However, the party leaders, who are not authorised to speak to the media, expressed their support for the appointment of Brumelda Zuma as an MP.
However, political analysts felt that instead of appointing Brumelda, Zuma should have picked from politically experienced party members. Brumelda was appointed to parliament after Zuma-Sambudla resigned from all the activities of the party, including representing it in parliament, following allegations that she participated in getting a group of South African men, who included his relatives, to go to Russia for security training, but ended up being forced to join the army fighting against the Ukrainian army on the Ukrainian ground. Criminal charges have since been laid against Zuma-Sambudla.
In a leaked letter, which is dated November 2, 2025, MKP secretary general Dr Bongani Mncwango toldthe party’s parliamentary chief whip, Colleen Makhubele, that the party’s national officials had resolved to deploy new party members, including Brumelda, to parliament. In a leaked letter, which is dated November 2, 2025, MKP secretary general Dr Bongani Mncwango told
