Vuka SA uses police chief Mkhwanazi’s image in local elections
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Maverick
South African party Vuka SA is using the face of Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, on its clothing and posters for its election campaign. The party will put forward candidates in Johannesburg on 4 November, while the police is considering legal advice over the unauthorised use of his image, reports Daily Maverick.
South African party Vuka SA is using the image of Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, on its T-shirts and banners for its campaign in the Johannesburg municipal elections, according to Daily Maverick. Some materials associate him with Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s military leader, and one of the T-shirts bears the slogan “Mkhwanazi for president”.
Vuka SA president Sipho Jantjie says that Mkhwanazi holds no position within the party and performs no role there. He says he used his image to pay tribute to his work and wants to discuss the matter with him after the elections, scheduled for 4 November. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda said the police was seeking legal advice in order to ask users of Mkhwanazi’s image to stop doing so without authorisation.
The campaign is part of preparations for the 2026 local elections in Johannesburg, where Vuka SA is putting forward Ronald Dyers as its mayoral candidate. The party conducted a door-to-door operation in Kliptown, Soweto, on 20 October.
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