WHEN former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema established the EFF following his expulsion from the governing party in 2013, many members of the ANC, especially his allies, jumped ship to join the current third-largest party in the country.
The EFF was founded after Malema’s fallout with former president Jacob Zuma, which saw him expelled from the ANC.
Among the former ANC members who left the ANC to join Malema at that time were advocate Dali Mpofu, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, Godrich Gardee, veteran Joe Nkuna, Marshall Dlamini, Alfred Motsi and Floyd Shivambu.
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