{"id":84876,"date":"2025-06-05T07:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T07:22:14","slug":"malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment","title":{"rendered":"Malema Responds to Shivambu&#8217;s MK Party Redeployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has reacted to Floyd Shivambu\u2019s redeployment in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, implying that he may not have understood what he was getting himself into.<\/p>\n<p>Shivambu was removed from his position as secretary-general of the party on Tuesday, largely due to his visit to fugitive prophet Shepherd Bushiri\u2019s church in Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>He has since been deployed to Parliament, where he will now be forced to rub shoulders with his former colleagues in the EFF.<\/p>\n<p>Malema reacted to Shivambu\u2019s redeployment on the sidelines of his visit to the home of late actor Presley Chweneyagae on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYena aya kwini?\u201d is a Xitsonga phrase that translates to &#8220;where was he or she going?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is how Malema responded to Shivambu\u2019s redeployment in the MK Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t work with Floyd anywhere. Parliament, soccer match or anything. I don\u2019t want to involve myself. Aya kwini yena? So it\u2019s not our problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A visibly unbothered Malema smiled as he was questioned about Shivambu\u2019s removal as the MK Party\u2019s secretary-general.<\/p>\n<p>Malema said Shivambu\u2019s presence on the MK Party\u2019s parliamentary benches won\u2019t have any impact on the EFF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Parliament now is run by young boys. If he comes there and thinks he\u2019ll impose himself on them, they are ready for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Shivambu will have to make peace with his political choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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Shivambu was removed from his position as secretary-general of the party on Tuesday, largely due to his visit to fugitive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-84876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malema Responds to Shivambu&#039;s MK Party Redeployment - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has reacted to Floyd Shivambu\u2019s redeployment in the uMkhonto weSizw ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malema Responds to Shivambu&#039;s MK Party Redeployment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has reacted to Floyd Shivambu\u2019s redeployment in the uMkhonto weSizw ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T07:06:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T07:22:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/06\/sm_1749095453.703687.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Malema Responds to Shivambu&#8217;s MK Party Redeployment\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T07:06:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-05T07:22:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/06\/sm_1749095453.703687.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-responds-to-shivambus-mk-party-redeployment\",\"name\":\"Malema Responds to Shivambu's MK Party Redeployment - 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