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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leadership said it was a painful yet necessary decision for President Jacob Zuma to fire Des van Rooyen as the organisation’s parliamentary chief whip less than a day into the job.<\/p>\n

Van Rooyen was appointed to the position on Tuesday evening, replacing Colleen Makhubele.<\/p>\n

But, on Wednesday night, Zuma’s office released a statement nullifying that decision.<\/p>\n

Lightening has struck twice for van Rooyen, the man with the unfortunate nickname of weekend special minister.<\/p>\n

In December 2015, Zuma, the then State president, appointed van Rooyen as finance minister only to remove him from the post three days later.<\/p>\n

MK Party’s head of presidency Magasela Mzobe said Zuma\u2019s latest decision to remove van Rooyen as chief whip after only a day was not easy, as the former president has a lot of respect and admiration for him.<\/p>\n

“You can imagine how difficult it was for the president and the leadership because beside being a leader in the MK Party, comrade Des is a father, an uncle, a husband, brother and human being, so it was not easy to take this decision.<\/p>\n

“But as a cadre of the movement, he will understand but when the organisation is confronted with a painful period like this unfortunately, he had to be a victim when he was responsible for not taking this decision. The party had to correct its processes.”<\/p>\n

As part of the fallout, the MK Party has suspended the organisation\u2019s deputy president and parliamentary leader, John Hlophe, for ill-discipline, saying his decision to fire Makhubele and replace her with van Rooyen was done without consultation.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leadership said it was a painful yet necessary decision for President Jacob Zuma to fire Des van Rooyen as the organisation’s parliamentary chief whip less than a day into the job. Van Rooyen was appointed to the position on Tuesday evening, replacing Colleen Makhubele. 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