Duduzane Promoted, 'Firepool' Nhleko Axed as Jacob Zuma Reorganises MK Party (Again)

And the next president will be….. my son?: John Matisonn

Jacob Zuma has removed impeached former judge John Hlophe as Mkhonto weSizwe Party deputy president, replacing him with his son, Duduzane. It is an appointment likely to stick, unlike the party's many other reversed decisions this year. MK remains a force in KwaZulu-Natal, polling as the largest party in eThekwini on 33%, and holding steady nationally on 15%, enough to have denied the ANC a majority in the last election. The province's IFP-DA-AN…

Duduzane promoted, 'Firepool' Nhleko axed as Jacob Zuma reorganises MK Party (again)

Duduzane Zuma has been appointed as the first deputy president of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in yet another organisational shake-up, announced on 4 August 2026. Party president, Jacob Zuma, issued a decree promoting his son to the party’s second-in-command, while simultaneously axing the party national chairperson – former police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko, the man behind the ridiculous Nkandla “firepool” defence. The restructuring represen…

Zuma shuffles MK party top leadership and elevates son Duduzane to deputy president

Hlophe remains MK Party parliamentary leader as Zuma calls for unity behind decisions to build disciplined effective organisation.

Zuma appoints son Duduzane as MK Party deputy president

Jacob Zuma asserts personal control over MK Party finances and key functions

Duduzane Zuma elevated to MK Party deputy president as Jacob Zuma tightens control

Jacob Zuma appointed his son Duduzane as MK Party's First Deputy President.

Analysis| Why Jacob Zuma is not stupid

So, MKP leader and former head of state Jacob Zuma has appointed his son Duduzane Zuma as his deputy. And it is people who matter not to Zuma who are complaining the most about the leadership changes which they argue cement that long-standing claim that the party is a “family enterprise” of a “confused, stupid” old man. Zuma is far from being being confused and stupid. Unconventional political tactics Instead, his strength as a politician for mo…