Sihle Ngubane cut as Zuma loyalist Manyi gets MK Party chief whip seat

Jacob Zuma loyalist Mzwanele Manyi who ditched the EFF has been appointed MK Party chief whip in Parliament.

Former Western Cape High Court judge president John Hlophe, Mzwanele Manyi and MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. Image: X/uMkhonto weSizwe

Jacob Zuma loyalist Mzwanele Manyi has replaced Sihle Ngubane as uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party chief whip in Parliament.

Manyi who recently ditched the EFF was sworn in alongside corruption-accused former heads of state-owned enterprises Brian Molefe, Siyabonga Gama and Lucky Montana on Wednesday. Another Zuma loyalist Thulani Gamede whose name was removed on the eleventh hour from the list of MK Party members heading to the KZN legislature was also sworn in.

MK PARTY CONTINUES TO SHUFFLE ITS LEADERS

Manyi’s appointment as chief whip comes as the MK Party fired 18 members of Parliament earlier this month.

The members who are challenging their dismissal in the Western Cape High Court were fired to make way for the seven who were sworn in on Wednesday and eight others are yet to fill the vacant seats.

Following the dismissal, MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said many of those who were on the party’s candidate list should not have been there in the first place.

Ndhlela said their list was sabotaged and ended up including Zuma whom he said was not supposed to appear on the list.

Manyi MK Party — Some of the new MK Party MPs who were sworn in on Wednesday. Image: X/MK Party

Regarding Manyi’s appointment, Ndhlela said the former GCIS boss brings in a wealth of experience to the administrative yet political role.

Ndhlela said Manyi’s expertise will add impetus to the ongoing work within the MK Party, whilst building upon the foundation laid by Sihle Ngubane.

“Honourable Sihle will continue to serve as an ordinary member of the National Assembly as assigned to the committees he continues to participate in,” he added.

Recently, Zuma fired Arthur Zwane as the party’s secretary-general for the second time.

Zwane was initially fired in June but he was reinstated a few days later. Less than a month after reinstatement, he was fired again.

DO YOU THINK JIMMY MANYI WILL STILL BE THE MK PARTY CHIEF WHIP BY THE END OF THE YEAR?

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