Umholi we-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) uJulius Malema usesola ukuthi u-Adv Dali Mpofu wahlongoza ukuba kuhlakazwe i-EFF ukuze kweseke iqembu elisha lezepolitiki eliholwa owayenguMengameli Jacob Zuma. Ngokusho kukaMalema, uMpofu wethula lo mbono, waphakamisa ukuthi i-EFF kumele ihlangane namanye amaqembu amancane ezepolitiki ukuze asekele uZuma osanda kubunjwa. MK Party (MKP), uMpofu ngokwakhe avumile ukuthi nguyena oholayo.

Lezi zindaba zivele ngesikhathi kunohlelo lukaMalema exoxa noLeigh-Ann Mathis, okhulumela i-EFF kuzwelonke. UMalema wabelane ngemininingwane ngalesi siphakamiso, ekhumbula umhlangano obalulekile ngo-2023 lapho uMpofu ethula khona ngokusemthethweni lo mbono. Yize uMalema eveze ukuthi ubuholi be-EFF busichithile ngazwi linye lesi siphakamiso, umhlangano ususe isimo esishubile eqenjini ikakhulukazi phakathi kukaMpofu nePhini likaMengameli we-EFF uFloyd Shivambu.

"U-Floyd uthe, 'Cha, lokhu ngeke kwenzeke,'"

UMalema ukhumbule, echaza ukuthi uShivambu uzwakalise ukungakholwa ukuthi uMpofu ubengagcini nje ngokuwubekezelela lo mbono kodwa ubewusekela ngenkuthalo. UMalema uchaze ukwenza kukaShivambu ngemuva komhlangano njengokushaqisayo, ebona ukuthi uMpofu ubengagcini nje ngokucabanga ngalolu hlelo kodwa uselubeke ephepheni walukha namasu.

“Washaqeka kakhulu ngokuthi uDali akagcini nje ngokuhlongoza; uyibhale phansi futhi ube nesikhathi sokucabanga ngayo,”

Kuphawula uMalema.

Umbono wokuhlakazwa kwe-EFF ukuze yeseke i-MKP kaZuma, ngamazwi kaMalema, wawungacabangeki. Uveze ukuthi uyawuphikisa lo mqondo, wacacisa ukuthi akakwazi nokucabanga ukuvala i-EFF okuyiqembu alisungula futhi alikhulisa. UMpofu nokho uphakamise ukuthi lolu daba lungabuyekezwa ngemuva kokhetho lwangoMeyi 29, waveza ukuthi kungenzeka ludingidwe kabanzi uma izimo zishintsha.

“Ngimtshelile ukuthi ngeke kwenzeke. Angihambisani nalokho, futhi ayikho i-EFF ezovala isitolo,”

UMalema ukuqinisekisile, egcizelela ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekuqhubekeni nokusebenza kwe-EFF.

Kuyo yonke imihlangano, ukusikisela okunye kwantanta. UMalema uveze ukuthi okunye okubhekiwe wukusebenzisa i-EFF amandla amakhulu eNingizimu Afrika yonkana, uma kubhekwa umkhondo weqembu. Nokho, ekugcineni, umqondo wokuhlangana wachithwa uMalema nabasondelene naye, abakubona kuwukuxegisa imigomo nezinhloso zeqembu.

UMalema uphinde wadalula ukuthi waya kuZuma mathupha, ebuza ukuthi angakucabangela yini ukusekela i-EFF ukuze kube nobumbano oluqhubekayo. Yize ezwakalise ukukhululeka ezingxoxweni ngemuva kokhetho, uZuma kubikwa ukuthi usichithile lesi siphakamiso, wathi ngeke kulunge ukuthi “abantu abadala” basekele i-EFF, okuyiqembu elaziwa ngokuba nolaka nobusha.

Kwenzeka konke lokhu nje, uMpofu, obenguSihlalo kazwelonke we-EFF, umemezele ukuthi uyalishiya leli qembu wajoyina ngokusemthethweni iMKP, esho ukuzazi nokuzibophezela ezinhlosweni zepolitiki akholelwa ukuthi i-MKP imele yona.

“Ngikholwa ukuthi i-MK iyinqola ezofeza ubumbano oludingeka kakhulu lwabamnyama noluqhubekayo,”

UMpofu umemezele, ezihlanganisa ne-MKP ngesikhathi ephuma “kumabherethi abomvu” evuna iqembu elisha likaZuma.

UMpofu uchaze ukuthi uhlelo lwasekuqaleni lweMKP lwaluhlose ukuhlanganisa amaqembu amancane, awahlanganise ngaphansi kobuholi bukaZuma. Lo mbono ubuhlanganisa umfelandawonye namaqembu afana ne-African Transformation Movement (ATM), United Democratic Movement (UDM), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), ARETA, African Christian Party (ACP), ne-Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo), kanye EFF. Leli su lomfelandawonye kwaxoxwa ngakho ngaphambi kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-MKP, okwenzeka ngoDisemba 2023.