Video footage from an MK Party meet-up has gone viral over the disturbing comments made by one of its leaders, Bonginkosi Khanyile.
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Renowned Jacob Zuma apologist Matshela Koko blasted Khanyile for using his rank in the spin-off political movement to spew hogwash, which, according to the former Eskom CEO, undoes the unrelenting work done by senior officials to make the MK Party a force to be reckoned with in the political arena.
“This young man is doing more harm than good. Can somebody call him to order, please,” Koko tweeted.
The former Eskom CEO was referencing footage of Khanyile bragging about the ‘good times’ in Zuma’s tenure as head of state, between 2009 and 2018.
More specifically, the portion of Khanyile’s address that went viral featured an outlandish claim that under Zuma’s leadership, there were more ‘blessers’ paying for sex with “small women.”
“You had those people (blessers) with small women, than you have now, because the economy was more open,” Khanyile said.
More shocking, the MK Party leader bragged that under Zuma, “tenders were more done,” suggesting the barrier of entry to accessing taxpayers’ money was lower than ever before.
“…And the sex trade was more happening,” he said.
More pertinent to the MK Party than ramblings about ‘blessers’ paying for sex with ‘small’ women, is the upcoming Constitutional Court ruling on a trademark challenge lodged by the African National Congress (ANC) against Zuma’s defacto movement.
According to the ruling party, the political movement’s name, brand and symbols are duplicates of uMkhonto Wesizwe, the ANC’s decommissioned military wing, and under trademark laws, the MK Party cannot participate or campaign ahead of the 2024 general elections as a political party.
The IEC has since paused the MK Party’s registration pending the outcome of the Constitutional Court ruling.
