We're just following Zuma's orders to protect ANC at all costs - MKMVA
5 September 2016
Johannesburg - Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association head Kebby Maphatsoe says that camouflage-clad members protecting the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters on Monday was a show of force.
This was as a group of protesters readied to occupy the party’s headquarters, prompting the mobilization of the MKMVA members.
Maphatsoe said that the deployment was not a provocation or threat to protesters who had a constitutional right to register their dissatisfaction publicly.
"This is not provocation; in fact this is a good show of force that will show all South Africans that if you want to attack the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe will rise to the occasion," he said.