Floyd Shivambu to start new party? Calls EFF a 'cult'. Alleges criminal activity at MKP
EWN Politics Editor Tshidi Madia says Shivambu should be held accountable for witnessing these alleged crimes and being silent about them until now.
MK Party member Floyd Shivambu held a media briefing in Midrand on Thursday, 19 June 2025. Picture: Jacques Nelles/EWN
702's Bongani Bingwa speaks to political analyst Tshidi Madia.
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The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party's former secretary-general, Floyd Shivambu, was recently demoted to being a member of Parliament by leaders of the party following his trip to Malawi to visit wanted fugitive Pastor Shepherd Bushiri.
The party announced Shivambu would be redeployed to Parliament; however, this has yet to materialise despite the window for changes to parliamentary lists opening on 1 June.
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TSHIDI MADIA EXPLAINS: What's next for Floyd Shivambu?
Since the announcement of his departure, Shivambu has accused the EFF of being a 'cult' and called Jacob Zuma 'gullible'.
At a press briefing in Gauteng on Thursday (19 June), Shivambu made allegations about what's going wrong in the MKP, which Madia says are 'quite serious'.
Shivambu claims corruption and drug abuse are common among leaders of the party.
Madia believes Shivambu should be held accountable for witnessing these alleged crimes and being silent about them until now.
"Some of the allegations should see Floyd Shivambu at the police station this morning, and if he doesn't, then he is complicit in these crimes. That issue about money that's coming out of the MKP... So, you are admitting to all of us that you know criminal activity is unfolding and you've done nothing about it but make it public... We must hold him to his word about that."
- Tshidi Madia, Politics Editor - EWN
"That thing about the EFF being a cult... you co-signed on all those things all along... for 11 years you were in the EFF, for however long, you were in the MKP... you quietly sat there watching, without a voice, without conviction... that says a lot more about your character than anything else..."
- Tshidi Madia, Politics Editor - EWN
Madia believes the next step for Shivambu is that he'll start a political party that might target 'disgruntled EFF members'.
"It will be interesting to see what he does. Is this the end? I don't know. He is certainly going to start a political party. He's going the Mamphela Ramphele route, the ActionSA route, the UDM route, starting with consultations before you usually launch a vehicle."
- Tshidi Madia, Politics Editor - EWN
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