Cape Town – Advocate Dali Mpofu has denied allegations by EFF leader Julius Malema that he proposed dissolving the EFF to merge with the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party under Jacob Zuma’s leadership.
Speaking at a media briefing in Ekurhuleni, Mpofu dismissed the claim as false, clarifying that he only suggested uniting progressive political parties, not merging them into the MK Party.
“This nonsense that I said parties must collapse into MK is a lie. It did not happen. It’s just something that never happened, but as I said, we will deal with it.”
[WATCH] “This nonsense is a lie.” MK Party member Adv. Dali Mpofu refers to EFF leader Julius Malema’s utterances that he [Mpofu] once proposed the dissolution of the red berets and merging the party with former president Jacob Zuma’s MKP.#Newzroom405 pic.twitter.com/ins4bX5jeP
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Speaking on an EFF podcast, Malema claimed that Mpofu advocated for the EFF to merge with the MK Party as part of a plan to unite progressive forces.
“There was a meeting of opposition parties that Zuma called. Dali went to make a presentation of a paper in that first meeting, where he said the EFF must close down with the other parties and then form something under Zuma’s leadership. We said: ‘No ways, it’s not going to happen,'” Malema said.
Mpofu recently left the EFF to join Zuma’s political organisation.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
