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Nelson Mandela Bay’s Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) held a media conference on Monday to pledge their strong support of the ANC and Danny Jordaan for the position of Executive Mayor after the August local government elections. At the conference addressing the media were, from left Nono Mophethe, Ntsikelelo Kwezi (MKMVA chairperson) and Vuma Makeke. PHOTO:WERNER HILLS
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ELSON Mandela Bay’s Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) has come out in strong support of the African National Congress (ANC) and Danny Jordaan for the position of Executive Mayor after the upcoming Local Government Elections on August 3.
Speaking during a media briefing held at the Grand Hotel in Port Elizabeth on Monday, the military veterans’ chairperson, Ntsikelelo
Kwezi, said the MKMVA has been quiet for far too long. “Since, the advent of democracy, we never raised our voices on any issues. We have been quiet. So at this point in time, perhaps you’d think that our calling the media for a statement is unprecedented,” said Kwezi. He said that they had, however, been addressing issues these past three years. But seeing the ANC lose the gains of the struggle for democracy and the (ANC supporter) numbers dwindling has forced them to decide to stand up and get out of the cocoon so as to be counted in support of the ANC and the national demo-
cratic revolution. Kwezi said lack of leadership was the main problem bedevilling the ANC, but since Dr Danny Jordaan came to the fore to lead the council, they had seen him do a sterling job which led to financial prudence and political stability. “He came with a clear, clean, strong and decisive leadership and administration that the metro municipality had long been waiting for,” said Kwezi. He said the executive mayor did well in a year as the incumbent in establishing the Metro Police, that had been touted for many years,
and appointing former MK Commander Linda Mti as the head of Safety and Security. “As the former MK Commander, Mti knows very well what is required and as such, we hope he’d populate the organisation by drawing metro police from the ranks of the MK Military Veterans Association,” said Kwezi. “MKMVAs were trained and prepared in policing, intelligence and military work,” said a member, Phakamile Ximiya. He added that it was now the time for the ANC to reap the rewards of its investment in the military veterans – some of whom were swelling the ranks of the unemployed.
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