{"id":85450,"date":"2025-06-17T16:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:04:40","slug":"mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks","title":{"rendered":"MKP Youth League Leader Apologizes for Ishangane Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>MK Party Youth League national convener Qiniso Cibane has apologised for comments he made about the league&#8217;s co-ordinator, Nkateko Mkhabela, during the launch of the youth league in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Cibane referred to Mkhabela as \u201cishangane from Limpopo,\u201d sparking outrage from social media users who argued that the word \u201cishangane\u201d is disrespectful and humiliating. The incident fuelled speculations that the MK Party is a Zulu tribalistic party.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the backlash, Cibane said his words were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I said was taken out of context,\u201d he said. \u201cThe MK Party doesn\u2019t belong to KZN people only; it belongs to all nine provinces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he was trying to defend Mkhabela from party members who were disrupting her while she was trying to speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened was me stopping ill-disciplined behaviour, but there may be those who felt offended. I sincerely apologise. I was protecting Nkateko and protecting the party\u2019s constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mkhabela shared his sentiments, emphasising that the party belongs to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MK Party belongs to all races, tribes and ethnicities and is not a Zulu party. Our structure is represented by Tswana people, Xhosa, Zulu, Tsonga and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand the veracity of the comments. He was defending me because comrades were being disruptive. Thanks to those who defended me, but I do need to note that it was completely taken out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. MK Party Youth League national convener Qiniso Cibane has apologised for comments he made about the league&#8217;s co-ordinator, Nkateko Mkhabela, during the launch of the youth league in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. Cibane referred to Mkhabela as \u201cishangane from Limpopo,\u201d sparking outrage from social media users who argued that the word \u201cishangane\u201d is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-85450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MKP Youth League Leader Apologizes for Ishangane Remarks - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MK Party Youth League national convener Qiniso Cibane has apologised for comments he made about the league&#039;s co-ordinato ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MKP Youth League Leader Apologizes for Ishangane Remarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MK Party Youth League national convener Qiniso Cibane has apologised for comments he made about the league&#039;s co-ordinato ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T16:48:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T17:04:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/06\/sm_1750167106.945766.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MKP Youth League Leader Apologizes for Ishangane Remarks\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T16:48:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-17T17:04:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/06\/sm_1750167106.945766.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mkp-youth-league-leader-apologizes-for-ishangane-remarks\",\"name\":\"MKP Youth League Leader Apologizes for Ishangane Remarks - 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