The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s national leadership has stepped in to resolve an internal dispute over Proportional Representative (PR) councillor lists in Gauteng following the 2026 Local Government Elections.

In an internal memorandum dated 13 November 2026, Acting Secretary-General Lindiwe Mtshali-Makubu clarified the party’s candidate deployment processes to all party structures and members.

According to the statement, the National Deployment Committee submitted PR lists to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) exactly as received from provincial committees across the country—with the sole exception of Gauteng.

Mtshali-Makubu revealed that the Gauteng Provincial Deployment Committee failed to properly convene and reach a quorum as required by the party’s Terms of Reference.

As a result, individual members of the provincial committee bypassed collective protocol and submitted two separate, conflicting candidate lists to the national body.

To break the deadlock, the National Deployment Committee initially resolved to fall back on the original candidate lists submitted to the Provincial Elections Task Team (PETT) by Regional Elections Task Teams.

However, following urgent submissions from various party structures across Gauteng, the national committee confirmed it will reconvene to deliberate further on the matter.

For any remaining disputes nationwide, the Acting Secretary-General has instructed Provincial Elections Coordinators to provide procedural clarity backed by concrete evidence detailing how their provincial lists were compiled.

The intervention comes as municipalities nationwide prepare for inaugural council sittings following the IEC’s gazetting of elected councillors.

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