By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
@MbuyiseniNdlozi.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has dismissed the claims that its Member of Parliament (MP) Mbuyiseni “Ice Boy” Ndlozi has resigned from the party.
This comes after Ndlozi broke his silence on X by sharing a photograph of himself with no caption, wearing an EFF T-shirt on Wednesday morning.
EFF national spokesperson Leigh Ann Mathys says Ndlozi has not resigned.
“Rubbish ‘sources’ … he has not resigned,” said Mathys in response to questions about Ndlozi’s resignation.
The EFF is still reckoning with its lacklustre performance in 29 May general elections, where it lost the position of the country’s third largest party to the MK party.
Malema used his Gauteng provincial ground forces address in Soweto on Monday to hit back at Floyd Shivambu — who refused to renew his EFF membership — saying he would not beg anyone to stay.
“You must leave today because nothing is going to change now. Leave now, we have no reason to beg anyone. If you want to leave now … even if we are alone, we will still speak truth to power,” a visibly irate Malema said, urging those who wanted to follow in Shivambu’s footsteps to depart from the party before the elective conference.
Ndlozi, former chairperson and prominent lawyer Dali Mpofu as well as current chair Veronica Mente are said to be among those on their way out of the party.
He demanded that party members who remained silent on Shivambu’s departure clarify whether they intended to stay or leave, adding that those who chose to keep mum amid attacks on the EFF were “silent enemies of our organisation”.
Malema urged party members to unite and close ranks against any elements that might seek to use the December conference as an opportunity to “infiltrate and destroy the EFF”.