'There is no evidence whatsoever.'
The ATM has denied that former president Jacob Zuma was the brains behind the formation of the party.African Transformation Movement president Vuyolwethu Zungula has rubbished claims by head of the SA Council of Messianic Churches Buyisile Ngqulwana and others that former president Jacob Zuma and ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule were the brains behind the party's formation.
"There is no evidence whatsoever. Secondly, this affidavit drawn by Buyisile Ngqulwana, he withdrew the court application which was going to examine the affidavit."reported that Ngqulwana, in his affidavit, linked Zuma and Magashule directly to the formation of the ATM by claiming, among other things, that during the planning process he met the two on numerous occasions.
He claimed he met the former president at his Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal and the ANC secretary-general at Luthuli House in Johannesburg. Ngqulwana said Zuma and Magashule wanted a party which would destroy the Cyril Ramaphosa-led ANC. stated that the ANC would investigate Magashule's alleged pivotal role in the ATM's formation. The investigation would be led by former party president Kgalema Motlanthe.
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