Former Johannesburg Council Speaker Colleen Makhubele has resigned from the SA Rainbow Alliance to join the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.
Her statement that the MK Party “has become a beacon of hope to unite and rally African leaders and their people” demonstrates her conviction in the party’s capacity to build unity and leadership across the continent.
Makhubele created SARA after serving as a speaker for the Congress of the People.
“I, myself, Colleen Makhubele, one of the South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA) leaders acting on my behalf, have decided to join the Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party), led by President Jacob Zuma.
“The party that will steer South Africa into the future, bringing about constructive transformation and advancement in African society,” her statement read.
Quoting the late Robert Sobukwe, founder of the Pan Africanist Congress, Makhubele said “Our whole life in South Africa is politics“.
“For too long, our people have craved acceptance, opportunities, and ownership of soil in their land. The battle for the people of the soil to live a better life in their land and to find expression for Black ambitions with equality of opportunity and quality of living is wrapped in ‘politics’,” she said.
She thanked the SARA leadership and members for giving her the opportunity to govern and serve the nation.
Makhubele encouraged all parties that shared MKP’s ideals and issues to join forces and not be deterred by “anti-certain personalities and anti-certain organisations” right wing propaganda.
