Ex-EFF chief whip returns to the ANC

BARBERTON- Former EFF chief whip in the City of Mbombela Local Municipality, Cllr Lucky Shongwe has rejoined the ANC.

Shongwe claimed that he was expelled by the EFF in August for what he said was “no apparent reason”.

“I was expelled just few days before the party provincial congress. My sin, I think, was because some of the congress within the political party wanted me to contest in the congress. This didn’t sit well with some within the party,” said Shongwe.

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He said he had no intention to contest any positions during the provincial congress.

In a video that has been circulating in social media networks, Shongwe is seen walking next to ANC member of parliament, Paul Mashatile, during the Thuma Mine campaign in Emjindini on Sunday.

The party National Executive Committee and the National Working Committee visited the area.

Shongwe is overheard introducing himself and confirming his expulsion from the EFF.

“My name is Lucky Shongwe, a former PR councillor of the EFF in the City of Mbombela and a (former) chief whip of the EFF in the city of Mbombela. I was expelled for no reasons, now I have seen that I took a wrong step. Actually I went to be adopted by wrong parents I know very well where I come from. I’m back home in the ANC, and I’m not coming alone,” Shongwe is overheard saying.