16 October 2009

The IFP's youth structures in KwaZulu Natal are today meeting at the IFP Head Office in Durban to discuss their strategy for the upcoming 2011 elections and they have again renewed their commitment to work towards a stronger, unified IFP Youth Brigade (IFPYB). 

This is the first time that the Acting Chairperson of the IFPYB Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the IFPYB are meeting with the KwaZulu Natal IFP Youth Brigade Provincial Executive (KZN IFPYB PEC), since the recent debates on the IFP leadership hit the headlines. 

The entire PEC of the KZN IFPYB was previously suspended, following an attempt by some sections of the IFPYB to by-pass democratic processes in the party and to force a leadership succession battle against the will of the party's grassroots supporters. 

The KZN PEC has since distanced itself from any calls for a change in the IFP's democratically-elected leadership by opportunistic means. 

The KZN IFPYB PEC are now committed to contribute towards the IFP's shared objective of a comprehensive strategy to successfully contest the upcoming local government elections in 2011. 

Lebenya-Ntanzi will be meeting with the Gauteng provincial leadership on Sunday to discuss similar strategies. 

Full details of the outcome of the meeting will be made available to the media in due course.