Makosi Khoza.file photo
Former ANC firefighter Makosi Khoza is once again looking for a new political base, but has not ruled out teaming up with his arch-rival, former president Jacob Zuma. Mr Zuma is the face of the newly formed political party uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).
Mr Khoza, who resigned as both an ANC MP and party member in 2017 amid a bitter dispute with the ruling party leadership, raised eyebrows when he posted a recent photo of himself and Zuma on social media.
In 2016, Khoza led a campaign to remove Zuma from office. At one point, she described him as a “disgraceful, disgraceful leader.”
Khoza launched his own political party, African Democratic Change (ADeC), in 2017, but resigned within six months.
Some sources now link her to the Abantu Baso Congress (ABC). ABC leader Philani Mavundla said his party would make “some announcements” this week.
In a recent Facebook post, Mr Khoza confirmed that the photo of him and Zuma was real, but did not say whether he would join the MK or ABC party. Ta.
“We have consulted widely, including former President Jacob G. Zuma, ABC president Philani Mavundla, T. Buthelezi's South African Gap Fixers, and many other political parties,” Khoza said. He said he would announce a new political base next week.
In 2022, Mr Khoza, then ActionSA's eThekwini councilor, was replaced by a partner in a bitter and very public split. She had accused ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba of letting the eThekwini prosecutor's office, then in coalition with ActionSA, “bully” her.
But ActionSA accused Ms Khoza of voting for the municipality's ANC, a feat for which she was given the post of chairperson of the powerful Municipal Public Accounts Committee (Mpac). In a statement released after the outcome of her disciplinary proceedings was finalized, ActionSA said of Ms Khoza that she had ignored her reputational damage to her party “for obvious publicity and self-interest”. Stated.
“Her loyalty lies not with ActionSA, but with her desire to grow her own political aspirations, even at great cost to her constituency and ActionSA.”
Khoza, who is also a former deputy mayor of Msunduzi City, ventured into business after working for ActionSA. But the situation in the country makes it difficult for her to stay away from politics, she said.
“The vast majority of our indigenous peoples remain dehumanized, linguistically excluded, and trapped in poverty subject to eternal domination and economic discrimination. We must unite against all manifestations of , hypocrisy and corruption,” she said.
A version of this story first appeared in The Witness.
