The IFP will launch its national voter registration campaign on Sunday 5 October 2008 in Stanger. The event will take place at KwaDukuza taxi rank at 10h00 and will be addressed by IFP President Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi who will be accompanied by the IFP executive.    

"The campaign will criss-cross KwaZulu Natal and other provinces in the run up to the voter registration weekend of 8-9 November 2008 organised by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)," said IFP National Organiser Albert Mncwango. 

In the weeks leading to the voter registration weekend the IFP campaign will tour KwaZulu Natal by district as well as other provinces, urging potential voters to register, and existing voters to check their registration status with the IEC. 

"The campaign's focus will be on public meetings. Our appeal will also be to various stakeholders such as public servants, business people, and traditional, community and religious leaders," said Mncwango.   

The IFP aspires to register potential, especially first-time voters in the run-up to the next general election. "We are particularly concerned about the publicised slump in the number of registered voters in KwaZulu Natal since the last local government elections in 2006 and the slow pace of new registrations by the IEC itself," said Mncwango.

Contact:-
Mr. Albert Mncwango - 083 448 4896
IFP National Organiser