FP PRESS STATEMENT BY: 
Mr Mdu Nkosi    
IFP District Chairperson
eThekwini District

22nd July 2008

Hot on the heels of winning eight out of nine by-elections, the Inkatha Freedom Party has attracted about 100 former members of the African National Congress in the Ethekwini District who have joined it.

Commenting on this IFP victory in a statement issued today, the IFP District Chairperson in the eThekwini District, Mr Mdu Nkosi said: 

"The 100 people who have ditched the ANC for the IFP provide irrefutable evidence of the inroads that the IFP is making into ANC territory.

Above that, this defection is a harbinger of what will befall the ANC in the next year's elections, especially when coupled with the fact that we have just won eight out nine by-elections. 

"Obviously, more and more people are coming to the conclusion that if they want to make a positive contribution to the fight against moral decay, poverty and lawlessness, they must ditch the ANC, because even a child can see that the ANC has lost a moral compass. Fourteen years of ANC government have proven that it is not committed to the upliftment of poor people."  

The IFP will hold a rally on Sunday, the 27th July at eMaqadini Sports Ground at 10h00 where its National Chairperson, Mrs. Zanele KaMagwaza Msibi will officially welcome the new IFP Members.

 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mdu Nkosi        
076 1331 1382