The MK Party has responded to Floyd Shivambu, who previously praised his move to the party as a ‘solid and sound decision,’ but now dismisses it as a ‘family business’ serving ‘personal interests.’

MKP national spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, told IOL that they have bigger problems to deal with than just responding to Shivambu’s criticism.

“We don’t want to talk about individuals who go around saying all sorts of things about MKP,” he said.

This follows Shivambu’s recent change of tune, calling the MKP family a stokvel of former president Jacob Zuma.

From praising Zuma and describing his leadership as the one to follow, he suddenly said MKP was not an honest party.

“uMkhonto weSizwe is not an honest organisation, it’s a family business of President Jacob Zuma for the narrow benefit of him and his family that is the fact of the matter.

“We tried to speak about that, we served in the leadership of MKP at the highest level. We can tell you it will be treasonous if we don’t tell the people of South Africa that there is no political organisation called MKP, it is a family stokvel for personal benefit, he said.

Asked to comment on this, Ndhlela said, “Is he now a member of the family business?”

Shivambu is now the convener of Mayibuye iAfrika.

Last month, Shivambu alluded to some in MKP leadership who were linked to corruption, others fighting among themselves, and even someone sniffing drugs.

Shivambu exposed allegations of fund embezzlement and political sabotage, signalling a significant shift in his political journey.

Shivambu further claimed that he was targeted for attempting to halt the alleged siphoning of approximately R7 million per month from the party’s coffers.

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