Malema on Ndlozi resignation: ‘I don’t know what he’s doing’

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Cape Town – EFF leader Julius Malema has distanced himself from former party spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, saying that Ndlozi is merely an ordinary member of the EFF and not his responsibility.

In an interview on Power to Truth with JJ Tabane on eNCA, Malema revealed he was unaware of Ndlozi’s resignation as a member of parliament (MP) until learning of it during a holiday.

Ndlozi recently stepped down from his role as a member of parliament (MP), with the party saying that his resignation was voluntary.

In response, Malema revealed that he first became aware of Ndlozi’s resignation from Parliament while vacationing with his wife.

“You saying Mbuyisen Ndlozi has resigned from Parliament. I got that when I was outside the country on holiday with my wife, when the SG sent it to me… So you can’t ask me why did he resign because I never had that discussion with him,” Malema said.

He clarified that he has not communicated with Ndlozi in a long time, asserting their relationship ended before the EFF’s Second National People’s Assembly (NPA).

“I am not interested… our relationship ended that time, we are just members… I never spoke to Mbuyiseni Ndlozi before the NPA, I never spoke to Mbuyiseni Ndlozi after the NPA. So I don’t know his mind, as to how is he thinking,” he said.

Tensions between the two reportedly stemmed from Ndlozi’s alleged knowledge of former EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu’s resignation to join the MK Party, a secret he did not share with Malema.

Malema said he has no interest in Ndlozi’s whereabouts or activities, affirming the EFF’s continued success without him.

“I am not responsible for Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, I am not his father, I am not his father! Where he was, what he was doing, I don’t know,” he said.

Ndlozi has not addressed these matters publicly but expressed gratitude to the party and its supporters on social media, writing in isiXhosa: “Sibonge umbutho wabantu. Ndinithanda nonke emakhaya” (“Thank you, the people’s organization. I love you all at home”).

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