After elections, the ANC will be government, says Mbalula at another mic-snatching drama event

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The ANC will remain in government after the elections, said the party’s secretary-general Fikile Mbalula just before another mic-snatching drama transpired after the singing of Wenzeni uZuma.
“The ANC governs and I can tell you when we wake up on May 30 the ANC will still be government” he said in KwaZulu-Natal.
He was delivering a keynote address at the party’s arts and culture sub-committee engagement with the creative industry which promised to deal with the exploitation of artists.
After Mbalula delivered his address it was time for a song, but the one sang was not the kind members liked. 
“Wenzeni uZuma?” (what has Zuma done?) sang an ANC supporter on stage, but his singing barely lasted 10 seconds before Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa president Joy Mbewana seized the microphone and sang another song. 
Wenzeni uZuma, is often sang by former president Jacob Zuma’s loyalists to annoy his political enemies.
ANC MP and programme director at the event Thandi Moraka said disruptions would not be tolerated. 
The first microphone-grabbing drama happened this weekend in KwaZulu-Natal in the presence of Zulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini and President Cyril Ramaphosa. ANC provincial chair Siboniso Duma snatched the microphone from Zulu traditional prime minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi, who was about to introduce the king. He had criticised the provincial government’s treatment of King Misuzulu.
Support for the ANC has been declining since the 2009 elections. A further decline is expected in this year’s elections.
18 Mar 2024 7AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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