The ANC did not trademark the name uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), leaving space for a group claiming to be disgruntled members to appropriate it and register it as a political party to contest the 2024 elections.
Jabulani Khumalo, who told News24 he was still an ANC member, said he and a group of like-minded people successfully registered uMkhonto weSizwe as a political party earlier this month.
News24 has seen a letter signed by the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) confirming the party was registered on 7 September.