The IFP today called for the GCIS to play a role in promoting multi party democracy in South Africa.

Ms Sue Vos, IFP Communications Spokesperson, was speaking in the GCIS Budget Vote debate, in which she applauded the "textbook quality focus on the identification of public information needs and of government's communication needs."

Vos added that the GCIS should play a vital role in deepening multi-party democracy.

"If the IFP has a criticism of the GCIS it is that it has yet to devise a strategy with regard to the promotion of multi-party democracy in South Africa."

"If we are indeed determined to deepen and develop democracy in our second decade of democracy, this aspect of the constitutional rights of South African citizenship is crucial."