Political analyst Professor Barry Hanyane said Maphatsoe’s death signalled the ultimate demise of the MKMVA.
With the death of ANC MP and former deputy minister of defence and military veterans Kebby Maphatsoe, the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association will struggle to survive. The controversial Maphatsoe, who died this week of a heart attack, was at the centre of the liberation veterans’ body – one of two to which former uMkhonto we Sizwe members were affiliated.
The controversial Maphatsoe, who died this week of a heart attack, was at the centre of the liberation veterans’ body – one of two to which former uMkhonto we Sizwe members were affiliated. The two groups continued to be at loggerheads despite a Nasrec resolution they should disband and form a single body for all MK veterans.The ANC NEC intervened and ordered their dissolution after its subcommittee on peace and stability failed at a conference to unite the two factions.
“The ANC is not going to just let things happen. The leadership will suffocate the oxygen out of them. In fact, this has already started to happen,” he said.
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