{"id":92473,"date":"2025-11-06T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mk-party-suspends-its-deputy-president-john-hlophe"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:24:16","slug":"mk-party-suspends-its-deputy-president-john-hlophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mk-party-suspends-its-deputy-president-john-hlophe","title":{"rendered":"MK Party suspends its Deputy President John Hlophe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Internal factional squabbles continue to plague the uMkhonto weSizwe Party as the country\u2019s official opposition has announced the suspension of its Deputy President and parliamentary leader John Hlophe.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Wednesday night, in a statement signed by the party\u2019s head of presidency Magasela Mzobe.<\/p>\n<p>Mzobe is the spokesperson and close ally of the MK Party\u2019s leader &#8211; Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that the decision to replace Colleen Makhubele as the party\u2019s parliamentary chief whip with Des van Rooyen has been nullified.<\/p>\n<p>The party said Hlophe took the decision to relieve Makhubele from her duties without consulting Zuma who was away in Burkina Faso.<\/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. Internal factional squabbles continue to plague the uMkhonto weSizwe Party as the country\u2019s official opposition has announced the suspension of its Deputy President and parliamentary leader John Hlophe. The announcement was made on Wednesday night, in a statement signed by the party\u2019s head of presidency Magasela Mzobe. 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