After joining MK Party, Baloyi says he'll deregister Xiluva
Bongani Baloyi said that Xiluva’s poor performance in the 29 May elections has convinced him that it was better to align with a party that most South Africans identified with.
Bongani Baloyi (centre) announced his decision to join former President Jacob Zuma's MK Party during a media briefing in Soweto, Johannesburg on 5 September 2024. Picture: Alpha Ramushwana/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The leader and founder of the Xiluva party, Bongani Baloyi, has announced that he will deregister the political organisation after joining the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
Baloyi established the party in March last year, following his departure from ActionSA and the Democratic Alliance (DA).
He announced during a media briefing in Soweto on Thursday that he had decided to join former President Jacob Zuma's political organisation.
Baloyi says the Xiluva party will be deregistered with the IEC. He says Xiluva members will also become ground forces for the MK Party. @Alpha_Mero25 pic.twitter.com/Zx9QclPUrL
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) September 5, 2024
Baloyi's Xiluva party contested its first election this year, but only received 2,500 votes on the national ballot and just over 1,000 on the regional vote.
He said that Xiluva’s poor performance in the 29 May elections had convinced him that it was better to align with a party that most South Africans identified with.
"We tried in the elections, believing we've got the best vision and people spoke and decisively so. People endorsed and appreciate what uMkhonto is doing because there was a need."
Baloyi said that leaders and members of the Xiluva political organisation would follow him to the MK Party.
He believes the MK Party will bring what he described as the full liberation of the black majority.