UChris Pappas, oyimeya yeDemocratic Alliance (DA) kumasipala waseMngeni ngaseMgungundlovu, uthi akakugqizi qakala ukusungulwa kweqembu likaMnuz Jacob Zuma loMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) KwaZulu-Natal.
UPappas uzichithile izinsolo zokuthi ubegwema ukuvela emphakathini kusukela ngomhlaka-16 kuZibandlela (December) ngonyaka odlule ngenxa yokulahleka kwesithunzi kulandela ukwesekwa kukaZuma nokweseka iMK. Ukuqinisekisile ukuthi umkhankaso wakhe wokuba uNdunankulu uyaphila futhi awuphazanyiswa ukwesekwa yiqembu elihlubuke kwi-ANC. UPappas ukuchithile ukukhathazeka ngethonya likaZuma, ambiza njengekhehla kuhulumeni.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva lukhomba ukwanda kokwesekwa kwe-MK, kanye neNkatha Freedom Party (IFP) kanye neDA, okhethweni oluzayo. Inhlolovo eyenziwe yiSocial Research Foundation iveze ukuthi i-MK ithokozela ukwesekwa ngamaphesenti angu-24% e-KZN kanye nama-28% okhethweni oluhlangene lwesifundazwe nekazwelonke, lezi zibalo zikhombise ukwenyuka uma ziqhathaniswa nezasekuqaleni.
Ukukwazi kwe-MK ukuzuza amavoti amaningi okhethweni lokuchibiyela oPhongolo, lapho yehlise khona amavoti e-ANC nawe-IFP, kube wukunqoba okwesibili ngemuva komphumela ofanayo nabaQulusi (Vryheid).
Ukukhula ngesivinini kwe-MK sekuqubule ukukhathazeka phakathi kwe-IFP Women’s Brigade, lapho uNkosazana Phumzile Buthelezi exwayisa abalandeli baseMgungundlovu ngobungozi obukhulu obulethwa uMK ezifisweni ze-IFP zokhetho.