Issued by: Ms Liezl van der Merwe, MP IFP Director of Communications On doctor’s instructions, the medical leave of IFP National Spokesperson and SCOPA Chairperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, MP, has been extended until further notice. We ask that the media do not contact him at this time. For all IFP media enquiries please contact Ms Megan […]

HON. VELENKOSINI HLABISA, MPL PRESIDENT OF THE IFP The IFP notes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation, outlining Government’s response to the widespread violence, looting and destruction of property across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and other parts of the country. We welcome the address by the President. However, we believe that had Government acted sooner, our […]

As chaos, violence and mayhem continued throughout much of yesterday in towns across South Africa, the IFP’s President Emeritus, IFP leadership and other IFP leaders working in their respective areas, took to the streets to call for calm, promote the restoration of peace, and to defend and assist communities. With just 5000 SANDF troops deployed […]

The IFP believes that the number of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops deployed to KwaZulu-Natal – in particular to Pietermaritzburg and surrounds – will be woefully ineffective to support the South African Police Service (SAPS) in quelling the violence, looting and destruction of property in the province. We are extremely concerned that nothing […]

HON. VELENKOSINI HLABISA, MPL PRESIDENT OF THE IFP The IFP has taken note of the statements made by President Ramaphosa this evening, as he sought to address the widespread anarchy that has brought towns and businesses in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to their knees. While we note his pronouncements, we don’t believe he went far enough […]