Shivambu confirms Afrika Mayibuye is eyeing 2026 local government elections
He’s told supporters in Gauteng this weekend that they’re in the process of registering the consultative process.
Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member Floyd Shivambu during a media briefing on 27 June 2025. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - A year since his departure from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), joining another organisation and then getting dumped, Floyd Shivambu has confirmed his new political home, Afrika Mayibuye, has set its eyes on the 2026 local government elections.
He’s told supporters in Gauteng this weekend that they’re in the process of registering the consultative process.
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Shivambu announced the Mayibuye project in June after being removed as the secretary general of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
News of wanting to contest elections comes after the MK Party officially expelled him from the organisation, led by former president Jacob Zuma.
In a move that comes as a surprise to no one, Shivambu has confirmed it’s rolling the dice, entering the fray, and asking for the backing of ordinary South Africans at the polls.
“We are already registering the Afrika Mayibuye movement as a political party, which will contest elections in 2026, 2029, and moving forward.”
The decision to contest comes even before Mayibuye’s consultation process has been finalised.
Shivambu said they still have to go to KwaZulu-Natal – the epicentre of his last political home , the MK Party.
“The people of KwaZulu-Natal have been saying to us please come to KwaZulu-Natal. We almost made a mistake last year; we want to correct that mistake.”
Shivambu, in the last 12 months, has donned at least three different political colours, but insists his current one will have a lasting impact on the country.