By Lungile Ntimba
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is satisfied with the Western Cape High Court’s decision to dismiss an application by 10 expelled MPs, accusing them of bringing the party into disrepute and attempting to disrupt its Parliamentary operations.
Judge Kate Savage said on Monday that the applicants had failed to “establish a reasonable apprehension of irreparable harm and the existence of no alternative remedy available to them”.
The expelled MPs allege that they were removed to make way for former Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu and other members of the EFF.
Shivambu and former EFF MP Mzwanele Manyi joined the MKP in August.
Party leader Jacob Zuma has said that the MPs were removed because they did not possess the right skills to serve as Parliamentarians.
MKP spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela accused the MPs of negatively affecting its performance in Parliament.
“The MK Party’s voting numbers were affected
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