Drama at MKMVA press briefing
MK veterans have decided to bring their elective conference forward in order to unite the organisation.
The uMkhonto We-Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) and the MK Council Steering Committee held a media briefing following the recent spat between the two factions.
While the two factions tried to put up a united front, divisions were laid bare, with the press briefing disrupted several times.
MK veterans nevertheless vowed to play a constructive role in the ANC's election year, with MKMVA president Kebby Mapatshoe saying they will no longer be making public pronouncement on the ANC succession debate.
"We are moving forward with uniting MKMVA together. We will speak to the comrades who are here. We condemn [the disruption] as the leadership of MKMVA. It was never supposed to have happened. If comrades have issues about me, they don't have to go to a press conference to raise issues," says Mapatshoe.