By Zukile Majova
- Advocate Dali Mpofu leaves the EFF for Zuma’s MK party, joining a trend of senior EFF members moving to MK.
- Mpofu says MK is committed to black unity while Malema hints more EFF leaders may leave if they lack top positions.
Advocate Dali Mpofu, a well-known lawyer for former President Jacob Zuma, left Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to join Zuma’s MK party, only a month before the EFF’s big elective conference in December.
Mpofu’s move is the latest in a series of top EFF members leaving to join MK.
This trend started with former EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, who was given a powerful role as national organiser in MK after he left the EFF.
Mpofu, also known as the “People’s Advocate,” told the SABC that he believes MK is the only party truly working to unite black political groups.
“After a lot of soul-searching, I’ve taken a decision that I will be joining MK. I’m joining MK because I believe that it is the vehicle through which we will achieve the much-needed black and progressive unity,” he said.
Shivambu, who is now leading MK’s recruitment drive, says the party is attracting senior black professionals who see it as a good fit for them.
MK recently surprised many by winning 15% of the national vote and more than 45% in KwaZulu-Natal, Zuma’s home province.
Malema has hinted that more EFF leaders could leave if they don’t get top positions at the conference next month.
He even suggested that EFF Member of Parliament Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and his wife supported Shivambu’s choice to join MK.
Ndlozi is being promoted by EFF youth groups as a possible future deputy president.
Pictured above: Jacob Zuma with Dali Mpofu.
Source: X
