Shivambu's shocking MKP claims

Allegations that R7 m a month was being 'siphoned' from the party coffers

- MASHUDU SADIKE, THABO MAKWAKWA AND THAMI MAGUBANE

FLOYD Shivambu, the former secre-tary-general of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), has made explosive claims about Jacob Zuma and the alleged corrup-tion within the party while hinting at the possibility of forming a new political party.

During a media briefing yesterday at Mhulu Hotel in Midrand to discuss his future, Shivambu announced his inten-tion to consult with South Africans about forming a new political party and took a swipe at both Zuma and EFF leader Julius Malema. Shivambu, who is adamant he will not resign from the MKP, claimed his removal from the party's secretary-gen-eral position was due to a fake intelligence report that said he wanted to overthrow Zuma. He rejected the report with con-tempt.

"It was an extremely bizarre and fake intelligence report that I was about to over-throw Zuma and that I had supernatural powers to make people disappear," he told the briefing.

Shivambu claimed that Zuma was sur-rounded by "political scoundrels" who were taking advantage of his age and kindness to influence him to make deci-sions that favoured their agendas.

He alleged that these individuals were siphoning millions from the party and that his leadership was being undermined.

"Zuma is surrounded by 'political scoundrels' who use his kindness, some-times gullibility, that comes with age, to write down fake intelligence reports on me to influence him in the wrong direction. And the reason they do that is because they want to steal money from MKP this season.