Responding to the article ‘IFP and UDM want elections postponed’, in The Sowetan, September 29, the IFP National spokesperson, Reverend Musa Zondi, clarified the party’s position.

Reverend Zondi said that it is preposterous to suggest that the IFP has called for the postponement of the elections when the government has not even set the date; but rather that the party was emphatic that the government should address all outstanding issues to ensure that when the elections took place, they were fair and successful.

Reverend Zondi said:

“It is untrue and mischievous to suggest that the IFP has called for the postponement of the election, as effectively there is not an election date until the actual date is announced by the government.”

Reverend Zondi added that for the elections to be successful, with maximum popular participation and for them to take place in a positive atmosphere, it was imperative that several issues were resolved. These included the complaints and concerns relating to the demarcation process.

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