IFP officially joins ANC's govt of national unity
The party's leader, Velenkosini Hlabisa, made the announcement during a media briefing in Durban on Wednesday night.
The IFP leadership held a media briefing in Durban on 12 June 2024. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has officially joined the African National Congress (ANC)'s government of national unity.
The party's leader, Velenkosini Hlabisa, made the announcement during a media briefing in Durban on Wednesday night.
The organisation has a combined 33 seats nationally and in two provincial legislatures.
Hlabisa assured South Africans that the IFP would not lose its identity by joining the government of unity.
[WATCH] Hlabisa confirms the IFP has decided to form part of the Government of National Unity at a national level while it has reached a consensus to work with the ANC, DA and NFP at a provincial level in KwaZulu-Natal. NM pic.twitter.com/zPkQj4DnKy
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) June 12, 2024
The IFP says it was willing to meet up with former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party but the party’s delegates kept IFP officials waiting for hours but never pitched for the meeting, however, he says the IFP is still willing to meet with the MK Party. @_NMabaso pic.twitter.com/z69JKIK0T6
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) June 12, 2024