Floyd Shivambu has been removed as the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party’s secretary-general. 

At a press briefing hosted in Durban on Tuesday, the MK Party said this comes after that an investigation into Shivambu’s trip to Malawi to visit to fugitive pastor, Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Church found that it went against the party’s constitution.

A statement was read by Nathi Nhleko, the party’s national organiser. Former president Jacob Zuma was seated at the press briefing but did not speak.

This comes after months of contention surrounding Shivambu who left his previous party, the Economic Freedom Fighters and joined the MK Party in August last year. 

Shivambu has come under fire for his visit to Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) in Malawi on Good Friday. In a statement, the MK Party said Shivambu’s visit was not sanctioned by party leadership.

Shivambu visited Bushiri over the Easter weekend drawing the ire of many South Africans when he rubbed shoulders with Bushiri, who escaped and fled to Malawi in 2020 after securing bail in a rape, fraud and money laundering case.

This is a developing story

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