Expelled uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member Nhlamulo Ndhlela says Jacob Zuma should not be blamed for repeated leadership changes within the party. Ndhlela argues that the MK Party has not had a capable secretary-general since 2023, which he says has contributed to the leadership instability. In his statements, Ndhlela directly rejects the idea that Zuma is responsible for the party’s internal shifts in leadership. Instead, he attributes the ongoing changes to shortcomings at the level of the party’s secretary-general role. The reports describe Ndhlela as defending Zuma while portraying a broader problem in the party’s management structure following the start of the period in which he says the secretary-general has been ineffective.