The deployment of Floyd Shivambu as uMkhonto weSizwe Party’ (MKP) as National Organiser is yielding results.
This as the party grows at the fast pace in the Western Cape.
MK Party leader in the province, Faizel Sayed, said the party making great strides in different areas in the province.
“The party is growing in the province and it is growing at a phenomenal rate,” Sayed said.
His comments comes at the back of the recruitment of reverend Randall Petersen, who recently joined MK Party.
Petersen said he chose the party after he had looked into its policies, procedures and what it stood up for.
He said his son, who was political scientist graduate from the University of the Western Cape, would also be joining him in being a member of the party.
“I’m excited as a politician, former council member and also regional and provincial leader, I have now decided to throw my waiting with my various branches of the cadets to the MK Party.
“I’m very much aligned to the philosophy the policies of the organisation.
“I also like the fact that in such a short space of time the managed to get so many seats and that is due to utilising people that has the qualifications and experience,” Petersen added.
MK Party has been criticised and accused of being a tribal organisation which was mainly located in KwaZulu-Natal.
However, the party has recently proven that it was not just a KZN party but rather an alternative for South Africans who felt that the governing party was not serving their interests.
Speaking to journalist earlier this year at the national results operation centre in Midrand, ANC deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, expressed her shock at how the MK Party grew in such a small space of time, especially in KZN.
During that interview, Mokonyane admitted that the ANC had been pushed into a corner by MK Party.
“We said it when we campaigned, it is unfortunate that we are contesting against an organiser and president of the ANC. What has come out is exactly what we were concerned about,” she explained.
The MK Party is currently the majority party KZN legislature and it also has seats in Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
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