African National Council Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has reiterated his statement he made on X formerly Twitter that the current rolling load shedding is a clear sabotage and that power stations need to be beefed up with security.Mbalula was addressing party supporters at KwaXimba near Cato Ridge, west of Durban. The area saw throngs of the newly formed uMkhonto Wesizwe party supporters join just two weeks ago.
The area of KwaXimba is a peri urban area under one of the biggest ANC’s regions eThekwini. It has had its fair share of problems including the serious lack of water, housing and proper roads. Both the ward and the region are ANC’s biggest in terms of membership.However, the emergence of the MK party backed former President Jacob Zuma, turned the area into a political battleground following the party’s strong showing here two weeks ago.
“Right now he is ruining things for us, that is why we have suspended him. You cannot say you are still a member of ANC yet you are working with people against us. You are saying you are working with people who are against the ANC to fix what you say is wrong with the ANC, how do you work with them? We don’t want that. Comrades let’s not work on Zuma but let’s work to strengthen the ANC, KZN is the home of the ANC.
Mbalula also made an appeal to the AmaZulu Monarch, Misuzulu kaZwelithini, to remain apolitical and non-partisan. “We hold the Zulu Monarchy on high regard. Let’s not politicize the traditional leadership it must always be above politics. As the ANC we have come very far with the institution of traditional leaders. The IFP stole traditional leadership but we restored order as the ANC and that is why the institution of traditional leadership is now dignified. We respect the Zulu monarch.