Malema utterances about MK Party are unwarranted: Analyst

Political analyst Bheki Mngomezulu says comments by EFF leader Julius Malema regarding the MK Party are unwarranted and misplaced.

Malema addressed his party supporters where he labelled MK Party leader Jacob Zuma corrupt.

Malema said the MK Party’s mission is to destroy the EFF. Several EFF members have abandoned the party to join the MK Party, including Floyd Shivambu, among others.

Mngomezulu says Malema should have used proper platforms to address the issues he raised.

“The reason why he convened the meeting of the fighters was not necessary to express his discomfort with Zuma but it was to talk about the Phala Phala matter and the decision that was taken by Parliament to defend the President. If has an issue with Zuma for the reasons he outlined the platform was the wrong one to raise that issue. What Malema did on that day was a reaction to the fact that some members of the EFF have recently joined MKP. He must put emotions aside, ask yourself the question what have I done wrong and what have they done right to attract my members,” said Mngomezulu. 

Meanwhile, Shivambu has reiterated that the MK Party will unite more than two thirds of the people of South Africa behind the banner of MK Party to drive transformation.

“Our focus is to persuade most of the people of SA, persuade a lot of progressive forces to associate with MKP. And we are successfully doing so and that is the agenda that we think we should consolidate on. Those who join uMkhonto weSizwe, they realize here is the proper vehicle that’s assembling the best of the best, let us associate with it instead of existing in small unviable parties that have done nothing whatsoever to win electoral power in SA.”