Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has publicly backed sacked MKP spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela.

Nhlamulo Ndhlela’s apparent purging for allegedly penning the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s statement suggesting that President Jacob Zuma and his national command had been disbanded is set to divide the party.

Since his removal, both as a Member of Parliament and the national spokesperson on Sunday in an impromptu media briefing, Ndhlela has received backing from one of the senior party members, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla.

In her series of messages on X since Monday, Zuma’s daughter appeared to have broken ranks with her father and publicly backed Ndhlela, calling him a sacrificial lamb.

Although the party dismissed that he was ousted because of the statement, which it recalled on Sunday, it is widely believed that his fallout with Zuma emanated from the statement, which was apparently penned by him.