The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party says it is preparing to clinch power in the 2026 local government elections in KwaZulu-Natal, buoyed by winning its first major metro ward in eThekwini this week.

The former president, dressed in an MK Party-branded shirt and cap, made history on Wednesday, as the first and only former African National Congress (ANC) president to leave the ruling party in ...