Floyd Shivambu Announces Plan to Form New Political Movement, Slams EFF as a Cult and Dares MK Party to Fire Him

They Said I Had Supernatural Powers!”  Floyd Shivambu Explodes Out of MK, Dares Zuma to Fire Him, and Plots a New Party

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Former MK Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu has announced that he will begin the process of forming a new political movement in South Africa, marking a dramatic new chapter in his political career. The declaration came during a fiery press conference, where Shivambu directly challenged his critics, took aim at both the MK Party and the EFF, and confirmed months of speculation about his growing political divergence.

Shivambu used the press conference to reassert his political independence, stating:

 “We are starting a process to form a new political movement rooted in revolutionary discipline, ideological clarity, and leadership that is not hostage to cults or recklessness.”

His remarks followed simmering tensions within the MK Party most notably with MK MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. While their explosive online feud peaked months ago, the animosity appears unresolved. At the time, Zuma-Sambudla had publicly insulted Shivambu on X (formerly Twitter), calling him “useless” and “the worst thing to happen to MK.” While the party distanced itself from her remarks, no disciplinary action followed. Today, Shivambu revisited the clash, saying:

“I’m not afraid to speak out against the untouchables those who take drugs, tweet at night, and insult us.”

The comment was widely read as a renewed jab at Zuma-Sambudla’s erratic social media behavior and her political untouchability within MK structures.

But Shivambu wasn’t just defending himself he dared the MK Party to act. “I will not resign,” he said, challenging party leadership to fire him if they want him gone. His refusal to step aside, even after being demoted, reflects a broader strategy: resisting quietly while publicly reshaping his political future.

Shivambu’s demotion from Secretary-General earlier this year followed his controversial visit to self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi, which sparked backlash within the party. However, Shivambu now claims that the real reason for his removal was a growing suspicion within MK leadership that he was plotting to remove party leader Jacob Zuma himself and even more bizarrely, that he was allegedly accumulating “supernatural powers.”

These allegations, according to Shivambu, reveal a paranoid and dysfunctional leadership culture inside the MK Party one increasingly hostile to independent thought or influence outside the Zuma inner circle.

He also launched a scathing attack on his former political home, the Economic Freedom Fighters, where he was once second-in-command. “I learned more in six months with MK working under President Zuma than I did in ten years working under the president of the EFF,” Shivambu declared. He went further, calling the EFF a “cult” that punishes dissent and operates through fear and top-down control.

Shivambu’s press conference has intensified talk of “parallel politics” the practice of publicly undermining a party from within while laying the foundation for a breakaway structure. Political observers say his timing is deliberate. With MK caught in internal battles and the EFF struggling to regain lost ground, Shivambu is positioning himself as a new voice for disciplined, ideologically grounded politics and, potentially, as the leader of a rising third force.

His next steps remain to be seen, but today’s press conference made one thing clear: Floyd Shivambu is no longer playing inside the system. He’s building something outside of it and daring anyone to stop him.