uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) President Jacob Zuma has appointed Floyd Shivambu as Secretary General a few months after joining South Africa’s third biggest party.  Shivambu, the EFF’s former deputy president and the party’s co-founder, takes over from Dr Sifiso Maseko, who resigned in October to resume his duties in the Gauteng Department of Health. Shivambu shockingly left the EFF in August amid a fallout with party leader Julius Malema, who later accused him of betrayal. He was later appointed the…

Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Chairperson, Advocate Dali Mpofu, has left the EFF to join the recently formed Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK) Party. In an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Thursday morning, Mpofu said he is joining the MK Party because it represents a broader vision for decolonization and total liberation. Mpofu explained that he believes the MK Party is best positioned to bring about the unity he envisions for South Africa. “I am of the view…

Former EFF Deputy President Floyd Shivambu is expected to build Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) structures and craft policies as part of preparations for him to occupy a senior leadership role, said MK party insiders.  They said Julius Malema’s former right-hand-man was recruited to also attract the youth and black professionals, as MK President Jacob Zuma prepared a leadership core that would appeal to different constituencies and be a viable alternative to the ANC before the next elections.   Moreover, they believed…

Many people already predicted the EFF’s failure when the news surfaced that its deputy president Floyd Shivambu was going to leave the party. It was widely reported that he had decided not to renew his membership and had stepped down from all his roles in the party. On Thursday, 15 August, the EFF called a media conference where Shivambu tendered his ‘resignation’ from the party. Floyd Shivambu has decided to hitch his wagon to the MK party. Suddenly, there is…

The recent resignation of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president Floyd Shivambu is a cause for concern, sparking worries about the party’s future and its potential impact on African unity and Pan-Africanism in South Africa.  My concern is that Shivambu’s departure may not only weaken the EFF but also hinder efforts toward unity at a crucial time for the country and the continent. This country cannot afford to have a destabilized EFF. The party’s presence and participation in the political…

The alleged rot in the numerous failed attempts to keep Limpopo’s notorious banking cartel afloat through the VBS mutual bank has led to the door of South Africa’s National Treasury. Following his 495-year imprisonment sentence (to be served concurrently for 15 years) for a wide-ranging series of charges, including fraud and money laundering, former VBS chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi, 46, penned an affidavit in which he implicated various individuals and organizations. These included municipal officials, mayors, ANC heavyweights in Limpopo, SACP…

In a new political twist, African Radical Economic Transformation Alliance (ARETA) President Carl Niehaus has announced his party’s decision to join the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), saying it was the only way to unseat President Cyril Ramaphosa’s governing ANC in next year’s general elections.  During a meeting broadcasted via his #InMyCrosshairs platform on X spaces on Thursday, December 14, Niehaus said a united left is more powerful than sporadic pockets seeking to restore black South Africans’ dignity. The move is…