Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resigns from the EFF, no plan to join MK party

BREAKING: Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resigns from the EFF, no plan to join MK party

Former EFF spokesperson and Member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has resigned from the Julius Malema-led party.

Former EFF spokesperson and Member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has resigned from the Julius Malema-led party. Image via Mbuyiseni Ndlozi/Facebook

Former EFF spokesperson and Member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has resigned from the Julius Malema-led party.

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In an interview with SABC News, Ndlozi confirmed that he has submitted his resignation letter.

His departure follows months of speculation, including a suspension from the party.

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said that after careful introspection, he decided to shift his focus away from politics, feeling that he had made his contribution and it was time to step down.

‘I have taken a decision to step away completely from party politics. I’m leaving party politics. I think I have made my contribution in that space. We don’t live in a one party state. We are not in the camps, we are not a band. Politics are a free activity in South Africa. And party politics are not a monopoly of making social contribution. I think after this episode, I’ve taken a decision to leave all of party politics and contribute in the first instance to the academy …

‘I have handed over my resignation.’

‘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.’

No plan to join MK party

Ndlozi confirmed that he had no intention of joining the MK party led by former president Jacob Zuma.

‘I can state categorically now that I never planned to join the MKP I still don’t, I never worked with anyone in the MKP in relation to some conspiracy about my departure.

‘The information they had was based largely on lies,’ he said.