Cape Town – Former EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has confirmed that he was suspended from the party ahead of its December elective conference, explaining his absence.
SABC News shared an interview snippet in which Ndlozi revealed his suspension, which he calls “unconventional”, was due to allegations that he was working with the MK party and that he knew about Floyd Shivambu’s defection without informing EFF leadership.
“I was suspended about six weeks before the conference,” he said.
“The suspension rested on two counts: on the one hand, the leadership said that it’s in possession of an intelligence report in which the claim that I’m part of the infiltration strategy by the MKP.
“[That] I’m working with the MKP [and] I’m planning to go to join them. I’m waiting for some opportune moment,” he said.
Ndlozi denied these claims, calling them “dangerous” and insisting he never planned to join MK.
EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, the EFF’s former spokesperson and MP, has spoken out after months of silence. He explained that his absence from the 3rd National People’s Assembly stemmed from disagreements over his suspension prior to the party’s elective conference. Ndlozi… pic.twitter.com/xhXU3YjznG
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“I was told to stay at home, seize my participation in Parliament and the rest of the activities of the EFF.
“At a later stage, the leadership argued that the report would only be ready after conference and the matter has been referred to the leadership after the conference.
“It seemed fair for me to wait to clear my name in relation to these allegations so that I don’t function with a dark cloud on my head or a gun on my face.”
Ndlozi added: “We can all agree these are very serious allegations that one had betrayed the revolution, had been disloyal, and that indeed, you are a double agent of some sort.
“I can state categorically now that I never planned to join the MKP, I still don’t. I never worked with anybody in the MKP in relation to some conspiracy about my departure.
“I think that whatever information they say they have was based largely on lies.”
Ndlozi also said that Shivambu personally informed him of his decision, but it was not his place to report it.
“He did come to tell me of his consideration and indeed I did tell him that ‘look you would have to take the leadership into confidence’ and he did.
“The idea that I should have ran behind his back and informed other people or the leadership suggests that I’m an informant, a ghostly power [or] a wedge driver. I am none of those.
“It was Floyd’s decision. He had to communicate it. It was not my decision. It was his. He had to communicate it and he did.”
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