News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Bye-bye Floyd. Why MK Party speared Shivambu as SG with Andisiwe Makinana

In yet another political leadership switch-up, the MK Party has speared former red beret-wearer Floyd Shivambu as secretary-general, demoting him to an MP.

He took off his red beret to take up the spear. But the writing’s been on the wall for some time before the MK Party booted Floyd Shivambu out of its secretary-general office on Tuesday and onto the benches in Parliament.

“Floyd’s visit to [Shepherd Bushiri] in Malawi was an excuse they could find to take action against him,” says News24 political editor Andisiwe Makinana who joins us in the studio to discuss what this shift means for Shivambu’s political prospects.

Later in the show, South Africa’s deputy president goes big on the taxpayer’s ticket in Japan.

Finally, claims of imminent June power cuts are hogwash, says our disinformation desk.

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