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 due to these acts of ill-discipline by perfidious individuals,” Ndhlela said.
He said the party never intended for this internal matter to enter the public arena as the discharged members were formally informed of their temporary positions in Parliament.
The party’s youth league has also criticised the MPs for putting their personal agendas ahead of the party’s interests, describing their actions as “unbecoming and tremendously uncouth”.
“We as the MKPYL stand firmly behind the party and continue to call on our leadership to deal with these feebleminded individuals and their supporters decisively,” league spokesperson Nkateko Mkhabela said in a statement.
Shivambu, who is the MKP’s national organiser, said on X following the court decision that the party would be deploying “skilled, capable, and organic warriors” as public representatives over the coming weeks.
“We are assembling the best of the best,” Shivambu added.
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