Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, has scoffed at suggestions that the departure of some senior party leaders signals the beginning of the end for the party.
This follows the resignation of the party’s former national chairperson, Advocate Dali Mpofu, this week.
Mpofu has joined a list of party members who recently left the red berets to join the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party.
The list includes its former deputy president, Floyd Shivambu, as well as former members of parliament, Advocate Busisiwe and Mzwanele Manyi. However, Malema has told SABC News that the departure of the leaders does not mean the party is falling apart.
“It can’t fall apart because you can’t destroy that which you have not built. It is our own child; it is our own baby, and we will decide what we do with it. The EFF is the future, and it cannot be destabilised by opportunism.”
“Not surprising”
Meanwhile, Malema says Mpofu’s exit from the party is not surprising.
Malema says Mpofu had been advocating for a merger of the EFF and the MK Party for some time.
He also says he respects Mpofu for being open about all his intentions.