Johnathan Paoli
Former MKMVA spokesperson and African Radical Economic Transformation Alliance (Areta) leader Carl Niehaus has joined the EFF.
Speaking during a media briefing at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg on Thursday, Niehaus confirmed that Areta would not register to contest the upcoming 2024 general elections.
“We will join the EFF also in our capacity as individual members starting with me as I am standing here today,” he announced.
Niehaus registered Areta after he was expelled from the ANC in 2022, alongside Nkosentsha Shezi in April this year, as a platform to realise the ideals of radical economic transformation.
It has been reported that he will be taking up a leadership position within the EFF structures as his political party has ceased to operate on its own.
EFF regional leader in Johannesburg, Spetlele Raseruthe, said the move was meant to consolidate all the left-leaning forces.
“We welcome comrade Niehaus
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