1. Condemns and deplores the vile
assassination of a member of the IFP National Council and the Mayor
of Nongoma, Mr. Joseph Sikhonde;
2. Deplores the involvement of the
KwaZulu Natal ANC provincial leadership in the aftermath of this
assassination, especially in respect of the protection and
harbouring which the suspects seem to have received, and the ANC’s
failure to firmly and explicitly condemn the murder and its
perpetrators;
3. Believing this crime to be
connected with the series of assassinations which culminated in the
death of Mr Sikhonde, condemns the attempt made on the life of
Induna Shodoba Ndlovu -- the deputy of the IFP President in his
capacity as the Inkosi of the Buthelezi clan -– who was wounded by
gun shots fired at his house;
4. Condemns the ANC’s overt
strategy of rebellion and intimidation employed to destabilize many
regions of KwaZulu Natal, including the area of jurisdiction of the
leader of the IFP as the Inkosi of the Buthelezi clan; perpetrated
by dedicated full-time agents provocateur such as Mr. Langa
Ntshangase;
5. Notes that these incidents are not
isolated tragedies, but are taking place in a context in which once
again weapons are flowing from Mozambique into ANC strong houses,
IFP supporters’ houses are burned to the ground, and IFP
supporters are often beaten and wounded and constantly intimidated;
6. Notes with horror and concern that
the ANC’s dogs of war are on the loose again and that certain ANC
provincial leaders seem intent on running the local government
elections with the same techniques of violence and intimidation of
the heyday of the black-on-black conflict at its worst, which the
IFP had hoped to be bad memories of a bygone era.