EFF MPs Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Yazini Tetyana resign from Parliament

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs, Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Yazini Tetyana, have resigned from Parliament.

The EFF said it received the voluntary resignations of the duo on Wednesday.

“The voluntary requests to be released from deployment, which were sent to the Secretary General of the EFF consecutively and within days of each other, expressed gratitude to the EFF for the opportunity to serve the organisation and the people of South Africa.

“The EFF has accepted the respective voluntary requests to be released from deployment of the two Fighters, who have diligently served the organisation in their respective deployments since the EFF has had representation in the legislative sphere,” the red berets said.

ALSO READ: EFF bans Mbuyiseni Ndlozi from national elective conference

Parliament

Ndlozi who was the EFF’s former national spokesperson served in the National Assembly since 2014, while Tetyana served in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature and later in Parliament

“They have both been exemplary in their deployments and acted as commendable Public Representatives. The EFF wishes the Fighters well in their future endeavors,” the EFF said.

Ndlozi the red berets third elective congress which was held at Nasrec, Johannesburg in December.

Resignations

He skipped the party’s third elective congress which was held in Johannesburg in December after he was allegedly barred, following reports of a fallout with party leader Julius Malema and questions about his future in the party.

The move to bar Ndlozi appeared to be part of a wider strategy to curtail his participation in the red berets’ activities.

Speculation began swirling that Ndlozi may have been suspended from the party as he had not attended key EFF meetings.

EFF leader Julius Malema’s embattled party has been hit with a leadership exodus, with big names, including Floyd Shivambu, Mzwanele Manyi, Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Dali Mpofu, crossing over to former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party (MK).

Malema attacks

Malema launched what many people believed was an attack on Ndlozi a couple of times.

In his address to the Gauteng provincial ground forces forum at the Orlando Community Hall in Soweto after Shivambu left, Malema pulled no punches calling for leaders who were waiting for the third national assembly to leave at once.

Malema was believed to be referring to Ndlozi’s partner Mmabatho Montsho, a well-known activist who had liked Shivambu’s post on Instagram.

Ndlozi’s future

Since Shivambu’s resignation and his decision to join the MK party, speculation about Ndlozi’s future has been circulating, with many believing that he would leave the EFF.

Sources said some leaders suspected Ndlozi of being on his way out but was waiting for the conference to pass next month.

Ndlozi was accused of keeping quiet after the departure of Shivambu.

“They wanted him to attack Shivambu but he has never said anything about it, which angered them. When he did not speak out about Shivambu’s departure to join the MK party, they accused him of selling out,” the sources said.

ALSO READ: ALSO READ: WATCH: ‘I can’t be threatened by Zuma, he’s inviting me for a fight’ – Malema