The two parties plan joint efforts for upcoming elections, focusing on a unified response to South Africa's challenges.
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The Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), led by former president Jacob Zuma, and the African Transformation Movement (ATM), with Caesar Nongqunga, the long-time friend and Chief Apostle of the Twelve Apostles Church, serving as its spiritual leader, have agreed to collaborate on political, community, and parliamentary activities.
This agreement follows the results of the 2024 general elections, in which the MKP secured 14.58% of the vote, and the ATM received 0.40%.
Both parties believe that "the struggle for the total emancipation of the colonised and oppressed people of South Africa is incomplete and requires a unified response and common action."
Following a meeting in Durban on Thursday, the two organisations tasked their secretaries-general with establishing a three-person team.
This team will outline a framework for cooperation in the upcoming by-elections, the 2026 local government elections, and the 2029 general elections.
"The modalities of the MKP and ATM working together will be presented to the leadership and membership of both organisations within the spirit of building unity among all progressive forces of South Africa," the statement read.
In a call for broader political solidarity, the parties emphasised that "unity is the most important weapon in the war against colonialism and for total emancipation and freedom for our people
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