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Drakensberg \u2013 In part of its political overview report, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) in KwaZulu-Natal says some of the challenges that led to the loss of electoral support for the ANC in the province was how they handled three issues.<\/p>\n

These three issues are the long standing Shembe leadership battle and the partial withdrawal of support for the Zulu monarch and the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma, which they believe irked his supporters.<\/p>\n

Addressing the union\u2019s members while gathering in Drakensberg to elect new provincial leaders, outgoing provincial chairperson, Mabona Nyawo, said the Shembe church has massive support which was ignored by the ANC and it paid a heavy electoral price.<\/p>\n

He said one senior member of the church identified as Makhanya even warned the ANC that we will meet at the polls and the warning was ignored.<\/p>\n

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#POPCRUKZN<\/a> – In part of its political overview report, POPCRU chair in KZN, Mabona Nyawo says the long-standing Shembe leadership battle, KZN govt withdrawal of support for the Zulu cultural events, & the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma led to voters boycott of ANC. @<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sihle Mavuso (@ZANewsFlash) February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThere is one fellow by the surname of Makhanya, he warned us that we will meet us at the voting polls and we ignored that or the ANC ignored it. That religion has got a lot of huge support, particularly in our province, we thought we will make without them, which was a big mistake,\u201d Nyawo told the gathering.<\/p>\n

Nyawo also said the decision by the KwaZulu-Natal government to partially suspend funding for the Zulu royal house to host events like the historic Shaka\u2019s day and the reed dance ceremony came back to bite the governing party at the polls.<\/p>\n

He said that decision angered a lot of people who are sympathetic to the monarch and the institution itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second pillar is the Zulu monarch\u2026 the funding to the Zulu monarch and people comrades are talking about these things, they are talking about it and they are not happy about it, they say we cannot afford not to have celebration of King Shaka\u2019s day, we cannot afford not to have the reed dance, a lot of these things were not funded, a lot of them. So, people were angry comrades and we could not afford to ignore such constituencies, such support,\u201d Nyawo told the delegates.<\/p>\n

Nyawo said another issue that was ignored and later came back to bite the ruling party was the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma for contempt of the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n

That led to the July unrest where over 300 people died and billions were lost when businesses were looted and burnt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last one comrades, there are so many, but we don\u2019t want to talk about, that we see the alliance avoids to talk about, we don\u2019t know why because it is there, it is written on the wall, the incarceration of comrade JZ (Jacob Zuma). No one wants to talk about it, comrades,\u201d Nyawo said.<\/p>\n

He even revealed that for police officers, the operation attached to the arrest was called \u201cincarceration of former president operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we work in that operation as police, the name of that operation was clear, it was called incarceration of former president operation. There is a lot of support in KZN for comrade JZ, whether you like him or you don\u2019t like him, he has got a lot of support that we cannot avoid and afford to ignore it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyawo said he was hopeful that the ANC will eventually deal with the matters.<\/p>\n

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