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The political gamble of Floyd Shivambu
Cape Argus
|June 24, 2025
CALL South African politics and politicians many things but predictable is not one of them.
Fresh from Liam Jacobs crossing over from the Democratic Alliance to his political nemesis, The Patriotic Alliance, South Africans were treated to another bombshell this week.
Former EFF founder turned former uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Secretary General, Floyd Shivambu announced he was mulling the idea of forming a new party of his own - but not yet. He will remain a member of MK for now. Confused? Don't be. Its the chess game of politics.
Shivambu is pulling off the same stunt as that of former president Jacob Zuma, now MK leader. Remember how Zuma made the shocking announcement he was leading MK while still a member of the ANC in 2023?
He was later expelled from the ANC and returned leading the pack with MK’s spectacular victory at the last general elections. Malema did the same when he too was expelled from the ANC in 2012 - and went on to form the EFF together with Shivambu.
The EFF too, drew massive support away from the ANC, which was the catalyst of the party’s subsequent decline.
Shivambu is playing the same game. Mudding the political waters. Daring the MK to expel him.
This story is from the June 24, 2025 edition of Cape Argus.
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