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Zuma’s MK Party Installs Brian Molefe as Treasurer-General, Ousts Chief Whip in Fresh Shake-Up

Party leaders present the shake-up as a bid to tighten control following persistent internal turbulence.

Overview

  • Brian Molefe was appointed treasurer-general with immediate effect, replacing Mpiyakhe Limba after deliberations led by Jacob Zuma and national officials.
  • Colleen Makhubele was removed as parliamentary chief whip but remains an MP, with NCOP chief whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi named caretaker in the National Assembly.
  • The party lifted Vanessa Calvert’s suspension and reinstated her as parliamentary chief of staff, effective immediately.
  • MK officials said the moves aim to strengthen structures and enforce organisational discipline following months of leadership reversals and factional disputes, including a prior chief whip saga.
  • Molefe previously headed Eskom and Transnet and becomes the fourth person to hold the treasurer-general post since the party’s launch, with his appointment drawing scrutiny as he is reported to be out on R50,000 bail in a R5 billion Transnet case.