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 ...

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.

On Thursday, Marriott told the court the ANC had a reasonable prospect of a different outcome on appeal and believed it deserved an order barring the MK party, now the country’s official ...

The MK name and logo holds huge political symbolism because of the now-defunct armed wing's role in fighting for the end of white-minority rule in South Africa.

"The MK logo and name is the heritage and intellectual property of the ANC, we will not allow counter-revolutionaries to hijack our movement for their personal gain," it said in a statement.

“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 point we make simply is change the name and you can exercise your section 19 rights." However, MK Party lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu, said there was a huge difference in the logos.

Watch his comments outside of court: The #MK Party says it has won today's trademark judgment in the Durban High Court. It was up against the ANC over the use of the logo which bears a shield and ...

However, the MK Party is adamant that the name and logo will stay. The legal battle comes after the Electoral Court on Tuesday dismissed an ANC application to have the MK Party de-registered.