Shivambu: Mayibuye iAfrika will be bigger than ANC, EFF and MK

Mayibuye iAfrika leader Floyd Shivambu believes his new movement will be bigger than the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), or the African National Congress (ANC) and the uMkhonto wSizwe Party (MKP)

Shivambu met with Mayibuye volunteers at the Greyville Racecourse in Durban on Sunday, where he reiterated his intention to turn the consultative process to a fully fledged political party.

He said the movement will incorporate an in-house labour union, civic organisations, and NGOs to build a broad-based political force.

Shivambu said: “If we go on the ground and talk to our people with respect every day, we are going to be a formidable force.”

He said that Mayibuye iAfrika is not a splinter of any existing party.

He added: “One thing that we must understand as volunteers and ground forces of Mayibuye is that the Mayibuye iAfrika movement is not a breakaway from uMkhonto weSizwe. It's not a breakaway from the EFF. It's not a breakaway from the ANC.

“It’s an organisation that exists by itself and is going to be bigger than uMkhonto weSizwe, will be bigger than the EFF, and will be bigger than the ANC.”

“We are a movement that we must appreciate, so don't ever get worried if there are no MK people who are coming to Mayibuye.

“We know they've come in huge numbers and we welcome all members of MK, of EFF, of ANC, of DA - but we are not a breakaway of any of those small organisations.”