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Watch – Flying too close to the sun(s): Floyd Shivambu, SA’s political Icarus

Once a firebrand of the EFF, now a brief resident of Zuma’s MK party, Floyd Shivambu is re-emerging, this time with plans to launch his own political movement. But after being sidelined in yet another party power struggle, is this a comeback or just more political wandering? Marianne Thamm unpacks the theatrics, the ideology, and the irony.
Watch – Flying too close to the sun(s): Floyd Shivambu, SA’s political Icarus Floyd Shivambu (Composite image: Maverick Studios)
Marianne Thamm
By Marianne Thamm
3 Jul 2025
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Reporting by: Marianne Thamm
Filmed by: Bernard Kotze & Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

Marianne Thamm is a South African journalist, author and stand-up comedian. She is the assistant editor of the Daily Maverick and has written several books. In 2016, she released the memoir, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me.

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Comments (2)

Dennis Bailey Jul 4, 2025, 08:03 AM

Very entertaining, Marianne. This scumbag doesn’t deserve your consideration. You are much too kind. Now you have exposed this fraudster perhaps DM can move on and give us some news that worth hearing and not as boring as Richard laments. BTW, I love the hat and glasses. You are a classy gal. No emoji intended.

Rae Earl Jul 4, 2025, 10:16 AM

Yes indeed Marianne, Floyd Shivambu staggers around like a blindfolded participant playing in the age old game 'Pin the donkey'. By the finds it SA's political landscape will have disappeared into the distance and Icarus will fall.