Note to Editors: This statement follows the sitting of the IFP’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The NEC of the IFP sits every Monday to discuss issues facing the country and the party. World Aids Day: As millions of South Africans and the global community marked World Aids Day on Saturday 1 December 2018, the IFP […]

ADDRESS BY PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI MP PRESIDENT OF THE INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY Durban Manor: 1 December 2018 National Chairperson of the IFP Women’s Brigade, the Hon. Mrs Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa MPL; the Deputy Chairperson and executive leadership of the Women’s Brigade; our leadership in the National Executive Committee and the National Council; and all our activists […]

It is with great sadness that I have learned of the passing of the 41st President of the United States of America, President George H.W. Bush at the age of 94 on Friday, 30 November 2018. America has indeed lost a great leader, a patriot and a dedicated servant of his people. I was warmly […]

On Friday, the 30th November 2018, the IFP Women’s Brigade will hold its Gender Based Violence Conference in Durban Manor Hotel, where all women in leadership structures will make their contribution in the fight against GBV. Gender-Based violence is the biggest problems we faced where women are being abused and killed by their partners, children […]

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in Ekurhuleni has announced that it will table a motion on the scrapping of e-tolls which will be debated by the Council of the City of Ekurhuleni on the 29th of November 2018. As the IFP in Gauteng we have always maintained that the imposition of e-tolls on Gauteng residents […]

The IFP welcomes the adoption of the Eskom Inquiry report by the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises which suggests State Capture at Eskom. This report will now be adopted in the National Assembly. The IFP first requested the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to conduct an investigation into State Capture at Eskom. […]

The IFP wishes to congratulate the South African Women’s National soccer team Banyana Banyana for winning their semi-final match of the AWCON2018 last night. This 2- nil victory has qualified Banyana Banyana for the first time for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France next year. Thanks to Thembi Kgatlana and Lebohang Ramalepe who were […]

BY HON MRS TP MTHETHWA MPL, KZN LEGISLATURE Somlomo, It’s that time of the year again: the month that marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Familiar terms again dominate the discourse: violence against women, gender-based violence, sexual violence, intimate partner violence and domestic violence. It is therefore regrettable that hardly a day passes […]

BY: HON. S. MOODLEY MPL, KZN LEGISLATURE   Honourable Speaker The IFP has always supported and encouraged any investment that seeks to develop and boost the provincial economy benefitting its population. Creating more sustainable jobs is crucial to enhancing growth, reducing poverty and strengthening and fostering social cohesion. At national level, job creation requires a […]

The expectation created and the actual final reshuffle announcement is totally underwhelming to say the very least. It was not a reshuffle but rather a recycle of ministers today. The president announced nothing new and rather decided to maintain the status quo and try to balance a deeply divided ANC. President Ramaphosa has chosen the […]