The IFP Chairperson of Ugu District, Inkosi MZN Madlala, today challenged a midday report on uKhozi FM, which claimed that Ugu District was now in the hands of the ANC.

Inkosi Madlala said:

"Reports on uKhozi FM today stating that Ugu is now in the hands of the ANC is simply not true. We have been informed of numerous ANC attempts to get our members to cross to them using chequebook politics."

"But we are proud to report that IFP Councillors have stood firm. The IFP is appalled at this kind of cheap politicking that allows democracy to be sold at a price."

"I would like to remind members of the public and media of the 2002 floor crossing period and how the ANC, when they could not get any IFP Councillors to join them, used the same tactic of spreading rumours to media in order to confuse people. Thursday will come soon enough and we will then be able to take stock of the outcome."