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Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) spokesperson and Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has finally addressed his absence from the party’s National People’s Assembly in Johannesburg last November.
Ndlozi, who had remained silent for months, sparked speculation of a fallout with EFF leader Julius Malema and rumours of his resignation from the party.
In an exclusive interview with SABC News, Ndlozi confirms that he had not attended the congress because he had been suspended after being accused of working for the uMkhonto we Sizwe party.
His revelation comes after his official departure from the EFF, shedding light on the internal tensions that led to his exit.
“I couldn’t attend the conference of the EFF, the NPA because of a dispute over my suspension. I was suspended about six weeks before the conference and the suspension was unconventional in that it didn’t rely on the code of conduct of the EFF summoned by its constitution, but largely the suspension rested on two counts.”
EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, the EFF’s former spokesperson and MP, has spoken out after months of silence. He explained that his absence from the 3rd National People’s Assembly stemmed from disagreements over his suspension prior to the party’s elective conference. Ndlozi… pic.twitter.com/xhXU3YjznG
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‘I have handed over my resignation’
After months of speculation, Ndlozi has decided to leave party politics. He says he has shifted his focus away from politics after months of introspection.
“I have left the EFF, I have left party politics. EFF is a political party. I have handed over my resignation as a member and it is because where I want to go and contribute, I can’t hold a single party membership. But overall I think that I’ve made my contribution and I think that there are brilliant young men and women, old men and women in the space that will continue in that category, as it were, of party politics.”
MK party
Ndlozi says he does not plan to join the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party. ” We can all agree these are very serious allegations that one had betrayed the revolution, had been disloyal and that indeed you are a double agent of some sort. Of course, I can state categorically now that I never planned to join the MKP. I still don’t. I have never worked with anybody in the MKP in relation to any conspiracy about my departure, and I think that whatever information they claim to have is largely based on lies.”
GNU
Ndlozi has also called on the government of national unity to reevaluate itself and focus on what is best for the country.
“But my hope is that there would be a radical conversation for the progressive forces in the country. So that you are not in a coalition government in which every day you are disagreeing about Bela Bill, about Expropriation Act, about NHI, that the battles would be put elsewhere in the implementation of the things that will improve the living conditions of our people.”
Ndlozi has however commended President Cyril Ramaphosa for his stance against the US where some officials have accused South Africa of pushing an “anti-white” agenda.
The result of this has seen South Africa lose financial aid from the US via President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order. Ramaphosa has stood firm saying South Africa will not allow another state to dictate to it, a sentiment that Ndlozi has applauded.
“No white puppet acts like that. Coupled with the Bella Bill, the NHI, and all these policies have really agitated and disrupted both domestic and global white capitalist establishment, let alone the imperialist forces. It is that credit that I’m giving it to him,” Ndlozi explains.
