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Carl Niehaus, an expelled ANC member, claims to be in talks with former President Jacob Zuma, former ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule, and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to join his Radical Economic Transformation (RET) Movement.
Niehaus launched the movement late last year after “resigning” from the ANC while appealing his expulsion. It may become a political party and run in elections.
The former Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association spokesperson told IOL that Zuma, Magashule, and Sisulu were not against his movement.
“The degree to which they will become involved and how they will participate is up to them. It would only be established once the NPO is rolled out.”
Niehaus has close ties to Magashule and Zuma, but neither has publicly supported his movement.
Niehaus’ claims were debunked by Sisulu’s spokesperson, Steve Motale, who told the publication that the minister was not involved in his NPO.
“She doesn’t have the luxury of playing and experimenting with the revolution. Everybody knows she is among the few authentic guardians left at the ANC,” said Motale.
Niehaus announced five new members of the movement last week.
Mervyn Dirks, a suspended ANC MP, South African Truckers Association president Mary Phadi, former Qatar South African ambassador Faizel Moosa, businesswoman Siyalithatha Ilizwe, and Nkosentsha Shezi, a long-time RET ambassador in KwaZulu-Natal, are among those on the steering committee/working board.
Niehaus said that the committee would oversee the movement’s launch, which would be free of “pettiness,” and that its logo would be unveiled soon.
“We are hopeful our legal team will have finished the registration of the movement by the end of this week or early next week.
“As soon as registration is finalised we will announce a date for a launch press conference, where the board members will be present to address the media and unveil the logo,” he said.
The EFF was envisioned as one of the “progressive forces” supporting the movement. “There are many other movements and associations that are advanced in radical economic transformation and deserve our engagement and attention,” he said.