Penny Penny joins Mayibuye as party gears up for local polls

Floyd Shivambu welcomes Papa Penny to the Afrika Mayibuye Movement (Mayibuye). (Floyd Shivambu/X)

Xitsonga musician and former MP Papa Penny has joined the Afrika Mayibuye Movement (Mayibuye), saying the party offered him a platform to better serve communities in Limpopo.

Speaking at a media briefing, Penny — whose real name is Gezani Erik Nkovani — said he was “going home” by joining the movement led by Floyd Shivambu.

“People were asking themselves where I’m going. I said I’m going home. This is home,” he said.

He recently resigned as an MP for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, citing internal conflict and lack of support from leadership in sectors outside of KwaZulu-Natal.