Mbuyiseni Ndlozi revealed the truth behind his EFF suspension and absence from party activities.
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Johannesburg - Former EFF MP and spokesperson Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has broken his silence about his absence from party activities including its elective conference, saying he was instructed to stay home and not be present at EFF activities.
This also included resigning from parliament and not other party public meetings. The party claimed his resignation was “voluntary.”
Ndlozi made the revelations an interview with the SABC.
He said he was suspended for about a month and two weeks before the third National People’s Assembly (NPA) which was held in December.
The reasons were that he knew about the then deputy president Floyd Shivambu’s move to join the MK Party and also that he was suspected of working with the MKP.
“I was suspended about six weeks before the EFF conference and the suspension was unconventional in that it didn't rely on the code of conduct of the EFF summoned by its constitution.
“They claimed that I'm part of the infiltration strategy by the MK Party and the second being the fact that I knew about Shivambu’s departure,” he said.
In December, party leader Julius Malema refuted all the claims that Ndlozi was suspended.
He even put a stop to the conversation about Ndlozi, saying “I am not Ndlozi’s father… he is not my responsibility… Call him if you want to talk to him.”
Ndlozi clarified that the was nothing of that nature and he had no plans on joining MKP 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.
“I did know about the departure of Floyd Shivambu, he told me about his considerations, and I told him to take the leadership into confidence, he did.
“The idea that I should have run behind his back and informed other people, or the leadership suggests that I'm an informant, a gossiper or a wedge driver, I am none of those,” he said.
Ndlozi was not allowed to stand for a position at the conference despite the masses rooting for him to be the deputy president of the EFF.
Malema said he would not work with people whom he believed were trying to destroy the revolution.
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