PODCASTER NGIZWE MCHUNU’S LAWYERS DEMAND RETRACTION AND PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM EFF PARLIAMENT MEMBER HLENGIWE MKHALIPHI
Following his recent public spat with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, podcaster Ngizwe Mchunu has declared war against another EFF member of parliament, Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi.
Mchunu, who is famously known as “Mlando”, has instructed his lawyers, Zuma Attorneys, to send a letter demanding a retraction and a public apology from Mkhaliphi.
Mchunu has given Mkhaliphi seven days to comply with his demands and apologise.
MDN News has seen the letter sent to Mkhaliphi.
“Please be advised that we act for and on behalf of Mr Ngizwe Mlando Mchunu, hereinafter referred to as ‘our client’. Our instructions are that, on or about the 19th of May 2026, you unlawfully and intentionally made a statement during a live interview on national television (SABC News).
During the said interview, you alleged that our Client is ‘being paid by white monopoly capitalists to disrupt the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’.
“It is our instructions that you persisted with the said allegation, yet refused and/or failed to provide the news reporter with the names of the said funders. The aforesaid statements were disseminated publicly, published to a wide audience, and shared through social media platforms, or alternatively, were reasonably capable of publication,” the letter reads.
The letter further reads:
“We hold instructions that these allegations made against our client imply that he is dishonest, politically compromised, and acting as an agent of undisclosed interests. They imply he lacks integrity, is motivated by financial inducement from so-called ‘white monopoly capitalists’, and is allegedly involved in a coordinated plan to collapse the EFF.”
Mchunu is no stranger to controversy.
In April 2026, the former Ukhozi FM presenter publicly accused EFF leader Julius Malema of receiving an R60 million bribe from Nigerian drug dealers in exchange for political protection.
Malema challenged Mchunu to provide evidence, which Mchunu failed to produce. Malema subsequently slapped him with an R1 million defamation lawsuit.
In May 2026, the North Gauteng High Court finalised an interim interdict against Mchunu.
The court ordered him to stop defaming Malema, retract his remarks, issue an apology, and pay punitive legal costs. Despite the court order, Mchunu defiantly stated that he would not pay a single cent.
