Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) member and former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma -Sambudla has resigned as the member of parliament.
Zuma-Sambudla’s resignation comes after it has emerged that she played a very influential role when young men between the ages of 20 and 39 were recruited to join the Ukraine-Russia war.
According to the latest news reports, the young men were recruited to go and train in Russia to become bodyguards within the MKP.
The MKP has since distanced itself fron the allegations and in return promised to.assist Zuma-Sambudla in her fight to return the South Africans who are currently abroad.
During the media briefing, that was held in Durban in KwaZulu Natal (KZN), the organization revealed that the families of the alleged 17 men has reached out to the MKP and the party will assist Zuma-Sambudla in her bid to get the said back to the country.
In a media briefing that was held on Friday by the leadership of the party, including Zuma, Nathi Nhleko, Magasela Mzobe to mention the few, the party said that Zuma-Sambudla resigned voluntarily.
“First and foremost, members of the media need to familiarize themselves with the statement which is in public domain which was made by Zuma-Sambudla. As the organization Umkhonto Wesizwe Party, we are not involved or we were never involved in the recruitment of the young South Afrucans to join the Ukraine-Russia war,” said Nhleko who is the Chairperson of the MKP.
Nhleko refused to reveal the numbers of the men, their names, and surnames of the men who said to be abroad.
“The matter is difficult for all the parties involved including the families and the South African public at large. We request that Zuma-Sambudla be given time to work with the relevant authorities in bringing the 17 men back to the country. This is not the matter to be used by political parties gor their political gains. She volunteered to resign from parliament as the disciplined member of the MKP to assist the families get their members back to South Africa,” he said.
Four days ago, Zuma-Sambudla’s Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube opened a criminal case her following reports that one of the men who were recruited is allegedly close family member.