Overview
- Dr John Hlophe was placed on precautionary suspension as parliamentary leader and first deputy president with immediate effect pending a full investigation.
- The party nullified his move to replace chief whip Colleen Makhubele with Des van Rooyen, returning Makhubele to the role and making Van Rooyen an ordinary MP.
- Jacob Zuma returned from a trip to Burkina Faso, received a briefing from national officials, and the suspension decision followed.
- MK Party officials described the action as reinforcing discipline, accountability, and collective decision-making set out in the party constitution.
- A WhatsApp note published by Sunday World reports Hlophe rejecting the suspension and expressing refusal to accept what he called a humiliation.