While directing its energy and resources to KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC underestimated Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party in neighbouring Mpumalanga, where it had been working on the ground.
MK hit the ground running following its launch in Soweto on December 16. The party is arguably one of the most talked about developments in the run-up to this year’s elections and has claimed it’s aiming to win a two-thirds majority.
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