On Wednesday, the IFP announced that it had reached a consensus with the ANC on governance issues.
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said that they only wanted honest partners.
In the build-up to the local government elections set to take place on 1 November 2021, political parties are out in full force campaigning all over the country. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa took the party's message to Kimberley, EFF leader Julius Malema campaigned in Mpumalanga and IFP president emeritus Mangosuthu Buthelezi and IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa were in Phoenix, Durban.
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IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said the party would make communities safer if elected into power in the upcoming local government elections.
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa delivered the keynote speech at the party's manifesto launch for the 1 November local government elections.
The party launched its election manifesto on Thursday ahead of the upcoming polls in Durban.
IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said residents in KwaZulu-Natal had enough of the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), pointing to corruption.
Velenkosini Hlabisa’s image does not appear on the IFP’s election posters, but he told journalists it was a matter of respect for founding president Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi said that he’d been reliably informed that there were people within the IFP who wanted it to see it split for their selfish gains and he would support the party leadership in stopping them.
The ANC removed Gumede as eThekwini mayor last year citing poor peformance but the party now said that she was fit to serve as a provincial lawmaker.
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said based on the party’s assessment, the Education Department was poorly equipped to reopen schools for grade 7 and matric pupils next week.
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said that instead of politicising government’s approach to COVID-19, the DA and the Freedom Front Plus should consider using availing platforms for consulting government.
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.
