Former Zimbabwean cabinet minister and political analyst Professor Jonathan Moyo has lashed out at South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, accusing him of betraying Africa’s anti-imperialist cause through recent moves involving the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
In a strongly worded post on X (formerly Twitter), Moyo compared Zuma’s actions to the events that led to the 2011 NATO-led intervention in Libya, which resulted in the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
“This is treacherous and sad. It smacks of the same neocolonial mentality that enabled the bloody assassination of Muammar Gaddafi and the fall of Libya orchestrated by Western imperialists led by the US under Barack Obama,” Moyo wrote.
He went further to criticize Zuma personally, saying“Apparently, former President Jacob Zuma learnt nothing and forgot everything from that African opprobrium in which his role was shameful.”
Moyo lamented that what had once looked like a “promising start” for Zuma’s MK Party has devolved into what he called “yet another betrayal of the African cause in South Africa and on the continent.”
The tweet appears to respond to Zuma’s recent political maneuverings, which have stirred both local and international.
The remarks have reignited debate on the role of African leaders in resisting or enabling foreign interference, with some agreeing with Moyo’s framing, while others accuse him of inflaming tensions unnecessarily.
