Mbuyiseni Ndlozi finally clapped back at Julius Malema, and the clap cuts deep.
After Julius Malema unleashed a hell of words on Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, calling him abnormal since he left the EFF, Ndlozi did not take long to respond. The former member and top leader of the EFF did not hold anything back.
In his social media open letter to Julius Malema, Ndlozi began his stitch by stating the obvious of the local elections, where the EFF has lost bout half of its support nationally. He pointed the CIC to the reality that his party is facing, and said “the writing is on the wall and displayed in percentages”.
Using the freedom that he now has outside of the EFF, and for the first time since he left the EFF, Ndlozi was able to call the leader of the EFF for his failure in leading the organization. He questioned the individual leader using capitalized word, “YOU”, to directly single out one person in the EFF.
“it begs the obvious question: what is it about YOU that produced this performance? Why is it that you have lost almost half of your vote share? Yes YOU!”, said Ndlozi on his facebook page.
After addressing the bad leadership of Julius Malema, which led the EFF to lose half of its support base, Ndlozi conginued to explain his abstinence from voting in the local elections. He argued that it is his right to choose to vote or not vote, and that voting is not a conscription for anyone.
Looking back at the way that Julius malema berated Ndlozi for not voting, it was as if he was blaming Ndlozi for the EFF losing in the elections. It was as if Ndlozi’s missing single vote was the difference betwen the EFF winning or losing. The reaponse by Ndlozi at the beginning seems to address that perspective, as he points out that it is “YOU”, the leader, who has caused the decline, not anyone else.
Ndlozi is the second former EFF senior leader to call out the CIC of the EFF, after former deputy president of the party, Floyed Shivambu, has also said the same thing. The fact that the two leaders could only call out Julius malema after leaving the party, shows that those who are still in the party are feeling the same way, but are aftraid to challenge the CIC.
The EFF had great leaders in Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and Floyed shivambu, and it would be difficult for the party to find leaders with such strong presence if Malema decides to step down. It would be best if EFF members like Naledi Chirwa could stop insulting such leadets, and consider having them back in the party. For the life of the party.