ANC Confirms Jacob Zuma’s Expulsion, Netizens Not Surprised

ANC Confirms Jacob Zuma’s Expulsion, Netizens Not Surprised

  • The African National Congress confirmed that MK Party president Jacob Zuma is not a member of the party anymore
  • The party's National Disciplinary Committee of Approval upheld the decision it made after Zuma appealed it
  • South Africans were happy, and some called on Msholozi to stop pursuing the matter any further

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, the State of the Nation Address, Parliament and Parliamentary committees, politician-related news and elections at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.

The African National Congress upheld its decision to expel Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma lost his appeal against his expulsion from the ANC. Images: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images and Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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JOHANNESBURG—The African National Congress doubled down on its decision to expel former member and MK Party president Jacob Zuma.

Zuma fails to appeal expulsion

The ANC's secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, posted on his X account @MbalulaFikile and announced that the party's National Disciplinary Committee of Approval upheld its earlier decision to expel Jacob Zuma from the party.

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The statement Mbalula posted slammed Zuma. The party accused Msholozi of the highest form of ill-discipline and a direct assault on the party's historical mission. It added that he abandoned the core values of organisational loyalty and collective accountability by establishing a rival political party, the MK Party, which is the official opposition.

Read the full statement here:

South Africans relieved

Some netizens on X were pleased that the ANC upheld its decision to expel Nxamalala.

Zenzo said:

"That old man must rest and focus on his MKP. He did this to himself, and these are his fruits."

Bulelani Mpangesi said:

"Best decision, SG. It shouldn't have taken this long, though."

Mr Pat Ngwenya said:

"Do you think that it will help the ANC regain the confidence of the people of South Africa?"

Hanna Sankara said:

"He can go and Guptarise the EFF the way they're doing now."

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Land&Nothing said:

"This decision might cause harm to him personally."

Zuma appoints new SG at MKP

In another article, Briefly News reported that Msholozi appointed Floyd Shivambu as the MK Party's secretary general.

Shivambu recently joined the party, was named the national convener, and was also named the new SG after the previous SG resigned.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.