By Bongiwe Dlamini

MBABANE:UMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party President Jacob Zuma has no intention of removing Secretary General Floyd Shivambu, despite calls from some regions for his removal, according to the party’s head of Presidency, Magasela Mzobe, the Mail and Guardian reported on Tuesday.

“The President and the collective leadership of the MK party have full confidence in the secretary general and the president has no intention of removing him. If comrades have got issues with him, they can raise them but the intention must not be to remove him,”Mzobe told the Mail & Guardian on Monday. 

But his comments come after a letter from Mxolisi Mthethwa-an eMalahleni Zone Coordinator, abaQulusi Sub-region, Zululand region-in which Mthethwa called for Shivambu to be removed from the position because of his “performance and behaviour”. 

The letter is dated 8 February 2025 and addressed to Zuma’s daughter, Duduzile Sambudla-Zuma, who has also been rumoured to be in favour of or in a faction that wants Shivambu removed from his position.

“Mthethwa wrote that Shivambu had consistently demonstrated an inability to provide effective leadership, guidance and direction in the organisation.He accused Shivambu of making decisions without consulting relevant stakeholders, leading to “unwise choices”.This is evident in the abuse of power of [the] secretary general’s leadership where key decisions concerning constituency offices are made without consultation. The Secretary General failed to communicate effectively with constituency office staff members, members of the KZN provincial high command and the caucus office of the KZN province, which led to confusion, mistrust and disunity”, reads the Mail and Guardian report.

Mthethwa said Shivambu had shown a lack of understanding and competence in key areas of responsibility, leading to poor decision-making and ineffective management. He alleged that Shivambu had also been unprofessional, including by not paying the constituency staff or rent for buildings used as offices in KwaZulu-Natal.