22 October 2007

The IFP has been shocked by the violent incident which saw Phumzile Buthelezi, daughter of IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi, attacked during Taking Parliament to the People in Vryheid. 

Ms Buthelezi was hit on the head with a chair. The tent erupted in angry protest following the incident. 

“We are mortified to note that an incident of this nature could happen thirteen years into our democratic dispensation,” said Leader of the Official Opposition in KwaZulu Natal Dr Lionel Mtshali. 

The initiative of Taking Parliament to the People, consistently criticised by the IFP as a waste of the taxpayers’ money, elicited an angry response from the crowd in Vryheid on the opening day. 

“This is despite the fact that the ANC did its best to bus in its own supporters as opposed to people of AbaQulusi at large,” said Dr Mtshali. 

Contact: Dr Lionel Mtshali, 083 256 4902