Shivambu predicts MK Party will cease to exist in 10 years' time
Mayibuye national convenor, Floyd Shivambu, said he predicts a bleak future for the MK Party despite refusing to resign from the party after internal battles during his short stint in its engine room.
FILE: Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member Floyd Shivambu during a media briefing on 27 June 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - Mayibuye national convenor, Floyd Shivambu, said he predicts a bleak future for the MK Party despite refusing to resign from the party after internal battles during his short stint in its engine room.
Shivambu was removed as the MK Party’s secretary-general earlier this year after an unsanctioned trip to visit fugitive Shephard Bushiri’s church in Malawi.
He later began a consultation process to determine if there was an appetite for a new political party.
At the time of the announcement, more than a month ago, Shivambu reiterated that he would not quit the MK Party despite his political ambitions at Mayibuye.
"I will not resign, and I said I will never resign from the MK Party, and I still stick with the decision and communication I made that it was the best decision to join the MK Party."
But speaking in the Western Cape during an open meeting with Mayibuye volunteers at the weekend, Shivambu had strong words about what he still considered his current political home.
"What I know is that in 10 years’ time, uMkhonto weSizwe will not be existing. It does not have the capacity, the fortitude – ideologically, spiritually, organisationally - to outlive its current problems."