The MK party was “riding on the ANC’s coattails” by using the logo, which it had chosen with the intention of “confusing” voters ahead of the 29 May elections.

He further found that the ANC had failed to establish a clear right for relief, regarding either the name uMkhonto we Sizwe or the use of the logo. He could not conclude that the MK party was ...

Former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party has defeated the ANC in a logo dispute before the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban. At the centre of the dispute was the MK Party's use of the MK ...

Mpofu also dismissed the argument by ANC lawyers the logo of MK will confuse voters at the polls. The ANC took the MK Party to court over the use of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) logo and name.

“In section 34(1)(c) of the Trade Marks Act, 194 of 1993, the court, in its judgment, found that the mark used by the MK Party was similar to that registered in the name of the ANC.

The ANC maintains its stance that the use of the name and logo uMkhonto weSizwe by Jacob Zuma’s party is an infringement of its trademark as these are linked to its former armed wing.

Internal wrangling concerning the rightful ownership of the MK logo is threatening to boil over and throw the matter up in the air and weaken the ANC’s argument in court.

The ANC has taken the Zuma-headed MK Party to court over its use of the uMkhonto weSizwe's name, arguing the trademark belongs to its former anti-apartheid armed wing.

They are saying they have adopted the logo and trademark to tell consumers at the ballot box that the [MK] party is one of the rooms within the ANC. They draw an association with the ANC which ...

The ANC is appealing the KwaZulu-Natal High Court's ruling over the logo dispute. READ: MK Party wins trademark battle It wants the MK Party, led by its now-expelled former president Jacob Zuma ...

Judgment reserved in ANC/MK Party logo battle. Thursday 01 August 2024 - 14:45pm. File: Supporters of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on May 18, 2024.