Commissar Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is the spokesperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters party (EFF). He will be one of the 25 EFF representatives in Parliament.
The party surprised many in the recent elections, winning 6.35% of the votes. Within eight months, the EFF had risen to third place behind the Democratic Alliance’s 22%.
The EFF proposes nationalisation and land redistribution without compensation.
Ndlozi defends these ideas, saying radical change that will be-nefit the majority in the country is needed.
He is the eldest of three children who were raised by their single mother and grandmother. He is doing a PhD in political sociology, focusing on black youth involvement in politics in South Africa.
“I was about eight when I became politically aware … police came to arrest my uncle who was involved in the struggle. They beat him up and dragged him out of our house,” he said.
The same uncle cautioned him about leaving the ANC, but Ndlozi says he was tired of the party’s pursuit of “the liberal agenda”.
“The ANC has been emptied of the ability to pursue a revolutionary agenda. It doesn’t have the capacity to,” he said.
He adds that he is grateful to the struggle heroes and the ANC, but felt his time was wasted discussing positions within the party’s ranks.
“You no longer have the type of political activism that put the people first … that put the struggle first. The left agenda gets crushed.”
Ndlozi is unlike many of his comrades who call for radical change but don’t elaborate on how to bring about these changes and what the challenges will be. He says he is convinced of the EFF’s mission and that Julius Malema is the man to lead their revolution…
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