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Kebby Maphatsoe said the protests were part of a nationwide program aimed at raising awareness of the failed promises made by the African National Congress to ex-combatants.
Umkhonto we president of the Sizwe Military Veterans Association, Kebby Maphatsoe. Photo: Abigail Javier / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – Umkhonto we Sizwe President Kebby Maphatsoe has defended the demonstration by members of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) who disrupted traffic on the N12 on Monday morning.
Maphatsoe said the protests were part of a nationwide program aimed at raising awareness about the failed promises made by the African National Congress (ANC) to ex-combatants.
Last week, MKMVA members marched to the ANC KwaZulu-Natal offices demanding that the 2017 conference resolutions be implemented.
Maphatsoe said members of the association were not enjoying the well-being inquiries of MK veterans.
“It is just to raise our plight that we have been talking to our organization and our government employees for a long time and nothing is coming out of those negotiations. So, it’s just marching to the ANC offices and delivering memoranda of our complaints to the ANC leaders. “
CALLED BY ANC NEC
Senior ANC officials have summoned Maphatsoe to explain the voice memos calling for action to the association members.
Some of the notes, which reached social media, asked former MK combatants to attend a night vigil and then paralyze KwaZulu-Natal.
Maphatsoe, speaking with Eyewitness news after that meeting, he insisted that he was not trying to call a rebellion against the ANC government.
Maphatsoe was brought before four of the six ANC principals to explain the voice notes, which have been circulating among members and calling them to action.
After the convocation, the MKMVA members went on a rampage, attempting to shut down KwaZulu-Natal, with a similar attempt in Ekurhuleni.
This also comes a month after MKMVA called for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s NEC to be dissolved.
Maphatsoe said Eyewitness news It was not a call to go against the ANC, but to raise awareness about a number of concerns.
“Let’s make sure the ANC listens to us.”
He said there were numerous issues, such as housing and the welfare of veterans, that needed urgent attention.
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