MKP says Floyd Shivambu remains a member
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party says Floyd Shivambu remains a member of the organisation, despite his recent controversial actions.
However, the party's spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndlela says they are reviewing his conduct.
In a press briefing last week, Shivambu publicly announced plans to form a new political party.
It's after he was demoted from his role of the party's secretary-general to an ordinary member of the party.
Ndlela told the SABC that Shivambu is accused of violating the party’s constitution, which he helped draft, by taking an unauthorised trip to Malawi to visit wanted fugitive Shepard Bushiri.
Ndlela told the SABC that they are not in a hurry to expel him.
"Internally, we are not a leadership that takes rash decisions. We apply our minds and we need to understand what is this thing that he's coming up with. As a member of uMkhonto weSizwe, to a good extent, he has to account to us as the leaders. I mean, he's an ordinary member. He wants to go and set up this initiative.
"What is this initiative? If we're talking about uMkhonto weSizwe of being the platform. We want to see what he's obviously going to say on Friday. We are tracking his activities and interviews, and we'll make a determination with the guidance of the leadership and the president."
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