EFF 'wants absolutely nothing' to do with MK Party, says Malema
The EFF and MK Party form part of a parliamentary bloc working as an opposition to the Government of National Unity (GNU).
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema at the party’s National People's Assembly at Nasrec in Johannesburg on Sunday, 15 December 2024. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it "wants absolutely nothing" to do with the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, placing its future participation in the Progressive Caucus in question.
The EFF and MK Party form part of a parliamentary bloc working as an opposition to the Government of National Unity (GNU).
The relationship between the EFF and MK Party has taken a lot of strain recently.
Several high-profile EFF members recently left the red berets to join the party of former President Jacob Zuma.
This led to EFF leader, Julius Malema, accusing the MK Party of trying to destabilise his organisation.
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At a media briefing on Monday, Malema sidestepped a question on whether the EFF was still committed to the Progressive Caucus.
"When issues are raised (in Parliament), whether MK is agreeing or not on any view we hold, it is an EFF view and we will express it. If they agree with our view, then we will both express it, but it doesn’t make us anything, we are not anything. We literally don’t want anything to do with MK. We even asked them not to come to funerals of EFF (members), we don’t want to see them. Even us, we have stopped going to the (Soweto) derby because we don’t want to meet them by mistake."
In January, MK Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu said the party harboured no issues with the EFF.
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