IFP confident that power-sharing agreement in KZN will be a success
As the third biggest party in the Government of National Unity (GNU) - the IFP is reportedly expecting at least six executive positions at a national level when President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet, expected in the coming days.
Velenkosini Fiki Hlabisa, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Picture: Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says that he has full confidence that the power-sharing agreement reached between political parties in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) will hold.
This week saw the province become the first of the hung legislatures to elect a premier from outside of the African National Congress (ANC) as it sought to keep the MK Party out of power.
As the third biggest party in the Government of National Unity (GNU) - the IFP is reportedly expecting at least six executive positions at a national level when President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet, expected in the coming days.
Hlabisa said that the arrangement reached in KZN is a good example of how parties in the GNU can work together.
Although the arrangement hinges on a single seat held by the NFP, Hlabisa has faith it will hold.
"I'm very confident. We have experienced leaders who all share a common commitment to take the province of Kwazulu-Natal forward."
Under the leadership of IFP Premier Thami Ntuli, Hlabisa said that no challenge that arises between coalition partners would be insurmountable.
"As a government of provincial unity we will put our heads together and overcome and the people of KZN can rest assured, the government is going to deliver their mandate."
The IFP is no stranger to coalition politics with its late founding President Mangosuthu Buthelezi having been the country’s first Home Affairs Minister, a position he held for a decade.