MK Party says it won't entertain insults from EFF

JOHANNESBURG - The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party said it would not entertain insults from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), following a barrage of derogatory remarks from party leader, Julius Malema. 
 
Tensions between the two organisations have escalated after several senior EFF leaders left the party to join uMkhonto weSizwe. 
 
During a media briefing in Ekurhuleni on Wednesday, the MK Party's leadership declared it would not engage in conflict with another progressive organisation.

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"So people ask: 'Why would Malema declare the MK an enemy?' Anyone who wants to kill the EFF is an enemy," Malema said outside the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, telling the red berets to mobilise against what he called an organisation of the corrupt.
 
But the MK Party’s Dali Mpofu, who recently resigned from the EFF, said the red berets were fighting a one-sided battle.
 
"We will never regard any organisation, let alone a progressive one, as our enemy. The word 'enemy' is a strong one. It's used only when you intend to do certain things."
 
The EFF and MK Party, however, remain partners in Parliament, through their Progressive Caucus alliance.