Case of 10 MK Party members challenging their removal from Parliament postponed to Sep
The group wants the court to interdict Parliament from swearing in their replacements.
FILE: Members of the MK Party sing and chant outside the Constitutional Court hearing in Johannesburg on 10 May 2024 over their leader and former President Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to stand for Parliament. Picture: AFP
CAPE TOWN - The case of the 10 former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party members challenging their expulsion from the party, and their removal as members of Parliament, has been postponed to 3 September 2024.
They brought an application before the Western Cape High Court on an urgent basis today.
The group wants the court to interdict Parliament from swearing in their replacements.
The recently ousted MK Party members claim that their resignations were fabricated to pave way for former EFF deputy President Floyd Shivambu and other incoming EFF members to replace them.
They also accuse the party of flouting its own processes in terminating their party memberships.
The matter has been postponed for both parties to file their respond and opposing affidavits.
Attorney for the ousted MK Party members, Wendy Cele: “The second respondent being the speaker of the National Assembly has abided to our application. So, we shall wait for the 3rd of September for the courts to make a finding based on our papers”
Cele says her clients remain expelled from the party pending the court outcomes.