{"id":30884,"date":"2025-06-03T21:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T19:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=30884"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:14:00","slug":"shivambus-demotion-unsurprising-for-some-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/06\/03\/shivambus-demotion-unsurprising-for-some-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Shivambu’s demotion unsurprising for some analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Political analyst, Lesego More, says he is not surprised to learn of Floyd Shivambu’s demotion as the signs have always been evident.<\/p>\n

More links this to the tensions between him and Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla.<\/p>\n

His remarks followed the MK Party’s (MKP) announcement that Shivambu will no longer serve as the party’s secretary-general. He has now been assigned to Parliament.<\/p>\n

This change comes less than a year after he was appointed to the position.<\/p>\n

Shivambu’s demotion follows his recent visit to fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri\u2019s church in Malawi, which breached the organisation\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

He has since apologised for the trip, despite insinuating that party leader, Jacob Zuma, was aware of the trip in a recent television interview with Newzroom Afrika.<\/p>\n

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Floyd Shivambu removed as MK Party Secretary-General after controversial Malawi trip<\/p>\n

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It also came at least four months after party leader, Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Duduzile, criticised him on social media, calling the 42-year-old useless.<\/p>\n

Zuma-Sambudla later apologised after the party ordered her to do so or face expulsion.<\/p>\n

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According to More, the public dispute revealed that some party members held unfavourable opinions of the former EFF Deputy President.<\/p>\n

He suggests that Shivambu\u2019s trip to Bushiri\u2019s church, given the self-proclaimed prophet’s status as a known fugitive, made him a target for party colleagues, who had grievances against him.<\/p>\n\t

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