Comrade Mzala News Today

*Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme House*: The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is satisfied with the registration processes of delegates attending the Mzala Nxumalo Elective Conference this weekend. We are encouraged by the fact that delegates from the branches, who are descending on AbaQulusi, are in high spirit as inspired by the late world renowned leader and communist, Comrade Mzala Nxumalo.

Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has cunningly appropriated a solemn occasion facing the Zulu kingdom to reassert his preferred version of history. Clearly seeking sympathy to portray a legacy of a peacemaker on the right side of history, he uses Mzala Nxumalo as a “propagandist” who sought to denigrate his good name. The media has provided him with unfettered and unsuspecting access. Among many interviews, he told SABC’s Simphiwe Makhanya that his Zulu royal detractors were basing their alle...