The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has removed Nhlamulo Ndhlela as its National Spokesperson. He has been replaced by News Editor, Sifiso Mahlangu.
In a statement released on Monday, the MK Party led by President Jacob Zuma reflected on various internal and external matters affecting the organisation.
According to the statement, the party addressed a media briefing issued by the MK Institute on 16 May 2026. That briefing made several unauthorized pronouncements regarding the leadership architecture of the MK Party, including purported changes to its current constitutional leadership dispensation. Specifically, the MK Institute’s announcement implied that the Institute would assume full responsibility for the political management and administration of the organisation.
“The media statement also made reference to the role of various National Officials, and purported the MK Institute to be having powers to change the role of National Officials. Overall, the MK Institute has suggested that all leadership structures of the party are now being subjected to and report to the Institute,” the MK Party statement noted.
“While the National Officials acknowledge that the media statement was read in the presence of the President and other National Officials of uMkhonto weSizwe Party on the 16th May 2026, the President and National Officials were not fully aware of the entirety of the statement until the statement was made public, and in particular the propositions dealing with the party’s leadership architecture,” the statement read.
Consequently, the MK Party has declared the MK Institute’s 16 May propositions to alter the leadership structure null and void.
“The media statement does not reflect the views and decisions of the national leadership of uMkhonto weSizwe Party. Members of the Institute have accepted [this decision],” the party stated.
The statement further clarified: “The national leadership of uMkhonto weSizwe Party has decided to integrate the Institute into the broader organisational policy-making machinery reporting to the Secretary General.”
Turning to the leadership change, the party announced: “The National Officials further take this opportunity to announce the immediate appointment of a new National Spokesperson for uMkhonto weSizwe Party who is an academic and former news editor, Cde Sifiso Mahlangu.”
“Sifiso Mahlangu is a highly experienced journalist and renowned media personality, and brings invaluable technical and professional insights to the party. The national leadership of uMkhonto weSizwe Party urges the media fraternity, general public, and members of uMkhonto weSizwe Party to provide Cde Sifiso Mahlangu with the usual and necessary support.”