“DINNER-TABLE POLITICS!” Zuma Family Grip on MKP Sparks Youth Fury
Fresh controversy has erupted inside the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) after Duduzane Zuma was appointed to the party’s powerful Presidential Task Team, reigniting claims that the movement is being run as a Zuma family project.
The MKP announced the 11-member task team on 6 February 2026, saying it would drive party operations ahead of the upcoming local government elections. But critics say Duduzane’s inclusion reinforces fears that real power lies not with members, but with former president Jacob Zuma and his inner circle.
Afrika Mayibuye Youth president Keamogetswe Masike slammed the move, claiming key decisions are “taken at a dinner table” before being imposed on the party. He described the MKP as “a family trust and a surname project,” warning it no longer represents genuine liberation politics.
Masike argued that while the ANC is fading, the MKP has become a family-run extension rather than a democratic alternative deepening divisions in an already crowded and volatile political landscape.