‘Zuma is Unbending Iron’: Mbalula Admits ANC Anticipated KZN Election ‘Disaster’
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula admitted the party expected an electoral disaster in KwaZulu-Natal. He described the leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, Jacob Zuma, as unbending iron. These comments follow the Local Government elections in November 2026.
‘Zuma is Unbending Iron’: Mbalula Admits ANC Anticipated KZN Election ‘Disaster’ African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has conceded that the party fully anticipated the electoral “disaster” it faced in KwaZulu-Natal, describing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma as “insimbi kayigobi” an unbending iron. Reflecting on the highly contested November 2026 Local Government […] The post ‘Zuma is Unbending Iron’: Mbalula Admits ANC Anticipated KZN Election ‘Disaster’ first appeared on The Zambian Observer .