EFF: No attacks on blacks

TENSION: MK PARTY MEMBERS TOLD NOT TO RESPOND TO PROVOCATION

- Itumeleng Mafisa

The EFF has denied creating fertile ground for political rivalry which could result in violence between pro-black political parties.

This comes after the party's former chair, Dali Mpofu, spoke about tensions between the EFF and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and referred to the black-on-black violence in the late 1980s.

He said MK party members were told not to respond to any provocation from other political formations.

EFF commander-in-chief Julius Malema has declared the MK party the EFF's "immediate" enemy.

"Thousands and thousands of our people have died because of so-called political rivalry, so we shall never participate in fomenting that kind of history," said Mpofu.

"We will never regard any organisation, let alone a progressive one, as our enemy.

"The word enemy is a strong one. It is only used when you intend to do certain things."