Shivambu: Afrika Mayibuye became a political party because S. Africans lacked faith in other parties

JOHANNESBURG - The Afrika Mayibuye Movement said its decision to become a political party was because South Africans expressed a lack of faith in the current ones.

The party was previously known as the Mayibuye Consultation Process, where it held country-wide public engagements on whether there was a need for another political organisation in the country.

At a media briefing on Friday, it announced it had transitioned to a fully-fledged political party.

In August, the Electoral Commission announced it already had 472 registered political parties.

President of Mayibuye Afrika Movement, Floyd Shivambu, said that none of them were viable for solving the country’s pressing issues of unemployment, poverty and inequality.

"An overwhelming majority of the people of South Africa demanded we should constitute ourselves into a political party because they have lost faith in the existing political parties. You do not need to be a rocket scientist to understand the people of South Africa have declared a vote of no confidence in all the existing parties," said Shivambu.

Mayibuye said it aims to contest the upcoming local government elections, where it will contest every single ward and municipality in the country.