Former Midvaal Mayor Bongani Baloyi Joins MK Party, Netizens Grill Him

• Former Democratic Alliance and ActionSA member Bongani Baloyi has been counted among the ranks of those who joined the official opposition
• Baloyi, who formed his own party recently, was welcomed by the party in Soweto, where they had an event
• Baloyi announced that his political party will be deregistered with the IEC and that the party members will be subsumed into the MK Party

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, the State of the Nation Address, politician-related news and elections at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.

JOHANNESBURG—The former mayor of Midvaal Bongani Baloyi, was welcomed into his new party, the MK Party. He also announced that his party would be deregistered and its members would be absorbed into the MK Party.

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MK Party welcomes Baloyi

@ewnreporter posted two videos of his welcome. The first shows him being welcomed in song as he walks up to the podium and joins the singing. In the second video, he announces his party, Xiluva, will be deregistered. Members of the party will join the MK Party as ground forces.

Baloyi joins a list of politicians who left their previous political homes and joined the MK Party. Notable new members include the party's National Organiser, Floyd Shivambu, who left the Economic Freedom Fighters, Mzwanele Manyi and Colleen Makhubele, the City of Joburg's former Chair of Chair and former COPE member.

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South Africans baffled by the move

Netizens were baffled that Baloyi, a former DA member, was now joining the MK Party.

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TakaSyo said:

"This is so awkward. Bongani, a former Da member, is now singing "Wenzen'uZuma?"."

King Tshalisi said:

"A clear indicator that ideology does not exist in these politics of Mzansi."

Mosweu said:

"When KFC is out of reach, hunger really broadens your culinary horizons."

NgwanaThariE'ntsho said:

"This one is an opportunist who hops from one party to another every year. He changes political parties."

Marang a Letsatsi said:

"No position for him, please. He must work the ground."

Mpho Morolane explains why he left EFF

In a related article, Briefly News reported that Mpho Morolane, the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command's former president, spoke about why he left the party.

He said party leader Julius Malema's stance on illegal immigrants caused him to leave the Red Berets.

Source: Briefly News