News24 | 'Charismatic, down-to-earth, relatable': How Zuma charmed masses to topple ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party used former president Jacob Zuma's popularity and exploited the ANC government's failures to arrest long-standing load shedding and water crises, as well as perceived abandonment of the Zulu traditional leadership, to ascend to the highest office in KwaZulu-Natal.