JOHANNESBURG - Former MK Party member Nhlamulo Ndhlela warns that further expulsions could deepen divisions within the movement.
He was speaking at a press briefing he hosted with Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla in Sandton.
Last week, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party announced that the pair had been expelled for sowing divisions within the party.
Zuma-Sambudla is the daughter of former President and MKP leader Jacob Zuma.
Ndhlela and her membership were terminated with immediate effect. They were previously suspended earlier this year for misconduct.
In a joint statement read by Ndhlela, the pair said they learnt through the media that they had been expelled.
He said that ignoring constitutional protections could eventually expose ordinary members to similar treatment.
"We will be instructing our lawyers to approach the high court and challenge our expulsions.
"The people did not vote for internal conflict. The people voted for economic liberation, land justice, dignity, jobs, civil rights, and transformation. They did not vote for factional battles, they did not vote for internal purges, they voted for liberation, not liquidation.
“This sets a dangerous precedent. Today, it's the founding members, tomorrow it may be the branch leaders, the next day it may be the councillors, then the ordinary members. If Constitutional protections can be ignored for founders of the movement, what protection remains for the ordinary members? This is why this matter affects every single MK member,” he read.
Meanwhile, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla said she doesn't feel wronged by her father.
She's responded to her and Nhlamulo Ndhlela's expulsion from the party.
“I don't take any responsibility. I do blame the people around the leadership and I don't feel betrayed by my father. I again blame the people around him.