IFP PRESS STATEMENT BY: 
MR ALBERT MNCWANGO MP
IFP NATIONAL ORGANISER

26th June 2008

IFP National Organiser, Mr Albert Mncwango, today said that the party has received strong information that agent provocateurs will be planted at the IFP march in Johannesburg on Saturday, 28 June 2008.  

The IFP will march in protest of the unfair and unfounded portrayal of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi in the new history text book for Grade 12 learners, the belittling of the role of IFP President in the liberation of South Africa and the controversial street renaming process in Durban. 

Mr Mncwango commented: "We have informed the police that we have received information that troublemakers will be deployed to disrupt our march on Saturday. The objective of these agents will be to disrupt the march and to commit acts of violence and destruction with the ultimate aim of discrediting the IFP. 

"We are calling on police to investigate these rumours and to deploy sufficient human and other resources to deal with all eventualities. The IFP is a law-abiding party and we are committed to work with the police to make sure that Saturday's march is an uneventful one. 

Mr Albert Mncwango also dispelled rumours regarding the march in Durban last week. 

"Despite media reports that indicated otherwise, our march was very peaceful.  

"We have also taken note of comments by Durban municipal manager Mike Sutcliffe who said marches might not be allowed on Saturdays in future because the IFP had shown it was not prepared to abide by its contracts and its future requests would therefore be carefully considered. 

"This is utter nonsense and we want to remind Mr Sutcliffe that it is our constitutional right to march and we will continue to let our voices be heard," concluded Mr Mncwango.