The uMkhonto weSizwe, MK Party has announced plans to initiate a Vote of No Confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing him of “dereliction of duty, failed leadership, and betrayal of the poor and working class.”
Simultaneously, the party has taken decisive parliamentary action by formally tabling a Motion of Censure against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, citing “gross incompetence, a chaotic budgetary process, and continued neglect of South Africa’s deepening socioeconomic crisis.”
The MK Party’s action comes amid worsening national conditions: record-high unemployment, rising poverty, deepening hunger, and extreme income inequality. According to the party, these are the very issues the national budget should have directly addressed — yet failed to.
“Instead of offering relief, Minister Godongwana delivered yet another hollow and anti-poor budget,” the MK Party stated.
“He chose to burden the most vulnerable with fuel levy increases and the removal of essential zero-rated VAT items, while proposing no meaningful solutions to the structural crises destroying the fabric of our society.”
The party further emphasised that South Africa has now gained the grim global distinction of having “both the highest unemployment and worst income inequality in the world” — conditions they argue are a direct result of the government’s failure to dismantle the economic legacy of apartheid.
“The so-called Government of National Unity under Mr. Ramaphosa has preserved, rather than dismantled, apartheid’s economic architecture,” the statement continued.
In their critique of government rhetoric, the MK Party condemned the repeated use of what it termed “buzzwords” such as:
- Macroeconomic stability
- Structural reforms
- State capability
- Accelerated infrastructure investment
“These phrases have become meaningless. They have been repeated for over eight years and have never delivered jobs, justice, or dignity for the majority of South Africans,” the party declared.
The MK Party says it is taking the dual parliamentary approach of censuring the Finance Minister and calling for the President’s removal — not only as a matter of accountability, but as a necessary step to realign the national agenda with the lived realities of ordinary South Africans.
“We will not allow this administration to continue hiding behind platitudes while millions go hungry,” the MK Party concluded.
Read the full press release below.
