Playground for political parties

South Africa has become a playground for people who want to open political parties. Everyone thinks opening a political party is a quick way to make money, as long as that party can have enough votes to get a seat in parliament.

Opening these political parties is no longer about serving the interests of the people or about ideology, but rather about getting a source of income.

After being given a tough in the EFF, the former deputy president of the party, Floyd Shivhambu went to join the Umkhonto WeSizwe Party; ehre he is now the former Secretary General in just six months after joining them.

The MKP is not the party that he thought it was, but a fiefdom that only exists to serve Zuma and his family. But who is to be blamed?

The reality of the matter is that Floyd has been played by Zuma; after contributing to writing that party’s constitution, he was thrown out like rubbish as the party’s secretary general.

He is now left with no option but to accept that he is not wanted in that tribalist party, and he knew from the beginning that he would be a black sheep there.

His press conference on Thursday was nothing but a way of trying to bring some dignity to the quest to establish a new party.

It's quite clear that that is the direction that he will take, and this party will be useless, just like many other small political parties that only exist to contest elections and serve the interests of those leading them.

Perhaps he should leave active politics and focus on academia.

Tom Mhlanga, Braamfontein