The IFP is concerned about the disregard for social distancing regulations amid the COVID-19 pandemic by the eMakhempini residents in Mandeni, iLembe District. Today, we as Members of the KZN Legislature participated in the Speaker’s Workers’ Outreach Programme in iLembe District, distributing masks and sanitisers. I was shocked when we arrived in the eMakhempini Area, […]

The IFP calls on the KZN MEC for Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli, and KZN Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt General Khombinkosi Jula, to urgently address the high crime rate reported in KwaQoloqolo, Umzumbe, South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. The IFP has been inundated with calls from concerned community members from the area who live in […]

On, Wednesday 27 May 2020, IFP President Hon. Velenkosini Hlabisa MPL together with Members of the IFP National Executive Committee will deliver food relief packages and personal protective equipment (PPE) to residents of Jacobs Hostel and members of the Ezimbuzini Informal Settlement in Durban. This visit serves to assist the most vulnerable residents in Durban […]

Today, we celebrate the cradle of mankind and blessed continent and home we call, Africa. We mark the very first collaborative effort in unifying our response as a continent to the struggle of decolonisation through the successful establishment of the Organization for African Unity (OAU) in 1963, now known as the African Union. As we […]

The IFP welcomes the donation of 63 cows by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in KwaZulu-Natal, the Premiers’ office in conjunction with Africa’s Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA). However, we demand transparency in all the distribution logistics of this donation programme which was launched on Friday in Howick aimed at bringing food […]

The IFP remains cautious of the very difficult announcement which was made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his address to the nation this evening in easing the lockdown to level 3. While we welcome the gradual reopening of the economy, this decision by the National Coronavirus Command Council requires exceptional attention to detail and careful […]

UBANJISWE IQANDA LENJELWANE UNGQONGQOSHE WEZEMFUNDO KWAZULU -NATALI Iqembu leNkatha Yenkululeko KwaZulu-Natali lexwayisa uNgqongqoshe wezemfundo Kwisifundazwe uMhlonishwa uKwazi Mshengu ukuba aphaphame avuke emaqandeni ngoba uma kungenjalo uzozithola esebhajwe obishini olungenakutakuleka. Izwe laseNingizimu Afrika lilungiselela ukubuyisela abafundi ezikoleni ngemuva kwesikhathi eside izikole zivaliwe ngenxa yomkhuhlane obhubhisayo uCOVID 19. Esikhathini esiningi abahlonishwa oNgqongqoshe bathembela emibikweni abayinikwa yiminyango yabo […]

Statement by the Hon. Mr VF Hlabisa MPL President of the Inkatha Freedom Party   South Africa’s experience under apartheid of activists ‘going missing’, never to be heard from again, has heightened our sensitivity to this particular atrocity against human rights. The IFP therefore supports the continuous call by human rights organisations throughout the world […]

Access to Justice in the Time of Covid-19   By Narend Singh, Chief Whip, IFP The nationwide lockdown implemented in response to Covid-19 has had far-reaching implications for all areas of government. One area of particular concern across the world, and indeed in South Africa, is the effect of the lockdown on the justice system. […]

On Thursday, 14 May 2020 the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal tabled to the Zululand District Municipality a forensic investigation report in terms of section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act of 2000 on allegations of corruption, fraud and maladministration. The IFP outrightly rejects, with the contempt it deserves, the report […]