As South Africa’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) rose to 116 this morning, leaders of all political parties represented in Parliament met in Tuynhuys, in Cape Town, with President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss a coordinated response. The IFP’s Deputy President, the Hon. Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi MP, participated in the meeting, providing the IFP’s input in […]

The IFP has today written to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to accordingly request that two individual matters be investigated and that appropriate action/sanction can be taken by the SAHRC. It is imperative that the religious, cultural and traditional rights of all South Africans are protected and upheld and therefore the SAHRC is best placed to […]

The IFP welcomed the news that the City Manager of eThekwini, Mr Sipho Nzuza, has taken leave from work. To us this was equal to the call we made last week that he must be suspended to allow the case not to be interfered with by his presence at work. The IFP registers its disappoint […]

The IFP National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided to postpone the celebrations for the 45th Anniversary since the founding of the IFP on 21 March 1975, by the Founder and President Emeritus, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP. The 45th Anniversary Rally which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, 21 March 2020, also coinciding with the celebrations of […]

The IFP welcomes the declaration of a National State of Disaster by President Cyril Ramaphosa this evening in response to the anticipated risk of the further spread and outbreak of covid-19. We welcome the swift, bold and decisive action taken by the President in safeguarding South Africans from infection. The extraordinary measures are an indication […]

The IFP calls on government to implement extraordinary measures for all travellers to and from Europe, following the World Health Organisation (WHO) announcement that Europe is the epicentre of the covid-19 pandemic. The IFP believes that people who have travelled to or from Europe in the past 30 days should undergo a mandatory self-isolation or quarantine. […]

The IFP will lodge a complaint to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), following a disturbing, hateful and religiously intolerant post on a Facebook Group in KwaZulu-Natal, known as ‘KZN-Muslims’ which seeks to divide the Hindu and Muslim communities in our country. We will request the SAHRC to investigate this post and to act […]

CONTRIBUTION BY HON. INKOSI MZAMO BUTHELEZI MP IFP Deputy President and Spokesperson on Finance on the Report of the standing committee on finance on the 2020 fiscal framework and revenue proposals NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: 11 MARCH 2020 Honourable Speaker The budget speech delivered by Minister Mboweni, was honest and straightforward. The Minister sketched a very grim […]

The IFP calls on the Department of Community Safety and Liaison together with SAPS senior leadership in KwaZulu-Natal to weed out corrupt police officers that are denting the image of the service and frustrating the government’s efforts to fight the vice by perpetrating it. This comes after two men rescued by police from angry vigilante […]

The IFP welcomes the arrest of eThekwini City Manager, Sipho Nzuza who appeared in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday after being arrested by the Hawks in relation to a R368m DSW probe. Nzuza was granted bail of R50 000 and is expected back in court on April 16. He was arrested by the […]