Eyewitness News had a virtual chat with Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi ahead of his 92nd birthday. Buthelezi said his dying wish was for the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party to mend relations.
According to a statement from his family, the 91-year-old veteran politician is currently self-isolating at home and remains asymptomatic.
The prince died on Wednesday after a short illness.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala revealed this week that the provincial Department of Social Development had spent R22 million procuring blankets, but there were questions because a needs analysis was not conducted.
The Gauteng provincial legislature member was stabbed to death, allegedly by an intruder at his home in Tshwane on Wednesday.
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa told EWN he believed that the further relaxation of lockdown regulations announced on Wednesday night by President Cyril Ramaphosa could result in an accelerated spread of the virus.
Khayelihle Sithole (30) from Msinga was shot and killed by unknown assailants on Thursday moments after a mayoral event was held in his ward.
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa believed if the ANC made certain public concessions - the IFP's public image will be cleansed.
Hlabisa assured party members that he would champion the fight against violence against women and children and grow party structures.
The resolution was taken, among others, at Ulundi on Sunday as the party concluded its national elective conference.
Former IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi told delegates at the IFP conference on Sunday that his successor Velenkosini Hlabisa has lifted the weight of his shoulders. Buthelezi stepped down from his position of IFP president after 44 years.
Hlabisa said he was nominated at the party's national executive committee (NEC) meeting by another member and the nomination was supported by the rest of NEC.
Buthelezi said as a politician, he has been the subject of a propaganda campaign by the African National Congress (ANC) which sought to present him as a violent person.
Entrepreneurs braved the sweltering heat of Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal on 24 August 2019 during the party's elective conference. Delegates were spoilt for choice with a variety of food, drinks and party regalia on offer.
The IFP said the trust was functional and beneficial to residents.
The IFP will hold its elective conference which will see a successor take over the reins from the only leader the party has ever had Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi on the weekend of 23-25 August.
In his last opening address as the president of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi announced that he will step down from the position he has held for the past 44 years. The IFP is hosting their elective general conference from the 23 August 2019 until 25 August 2019.
Reports emerged this week that former IFP national chairperson Ziba Ziyane is looking to challenge Buthelezi's preferred candidate Velenkosini Hlabisa.
