17 June 2009

In an interview on a View from the House on SABC 2 this morning, IFP Chief Whip Koos van der Merwe commented on recent calls from some sections of the Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade (IFPYB) for a change in the party's leadership. 

"I want to make it clear that there have never been any calls from members of the party for the removal of our party President, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. I however did comment on calls from some sections of the youth brigade for the wholesale change of the party leadership but those calls were never targeted at one specific individual," said Koos van der Merwe MP. 

Van der Merwe said that the all sections of the IFP remains fully committed to the current leadership and to party President, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. 

"The IFPYB has since unreservedly apologised for the comments that were attributed to them in the media and the party as a whole remain fully committed to the current IFP leadership," concluded van der Merwe.

Contact:
Koos van der Merwe
082 444 4944 or
Liezl van der Merwe    
083 611 7470.