Ndlozi confirmed his resignation in an interview with the SABC on Sunday night, saying he had decided to leave party politics and make contributions outside that arena.
“I have handed over my resignation. I have left the EFF, I have left party politics. EFF is a political party. I have handed in my resignation as a member, and it is because where I want to go and contribute, I can’t hold a single-party membership,” he said.
“But overall, I think that I’ve made my contribution, and I think that there are brilliant young men and women, old men and women in the space who will continue in that category, as it were, of party politics.”
Ndlozi’s move comes after months of speculation about his future in the Red Berets.
His departure follows those of other high-profile EFF members this year, including former deputy leader Floyd Shivambu, former national chairperson Dali Mpofu, former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and former government spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi, all of whom defected to Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.
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