In this sense, the High Court of KwaZulu-Natal, in the port city of Durban, rejected the ANC’s allegations that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) used “illegally ” the same name and logo as its former armed wing uMkhonto we Sizwe, that is, “The Spear of the Nation”, known since its foundation, in 1961, as ‘MK’, reported the South African press. ANC provincial spokesperson Mafika Mndebele told the press that the ruling party will appeal the court’s decision. In March, the ANC lost another court case in an attempt to outlaw former President Jacob Zuma’s political party, candidate in the general election on 29 May.The Electoral Tribunal, in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, ruled that the ANC’s accusation lacked “merit”, considering that the MKP party’s registration with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) took place in accordance with electoral legislation.With about a month to go before the general elections, the MKP party has emerged as a strong rival to the ANC, which continues to decline with a new poll predicting just 37 percent of the vote in the next elections.
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