Newsletter| IFP president Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi believes that support for his party waned in the last elections because Jacob Zuma was ANC president – a situation which fuelled a rise of Zulu nationalism among IFP supporters
Inkatha Freedom Party president Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi believes that support for his party waned in the last elections because Jacob Zuma was ANC president – a situation which fuelled a rise of Zulu nationalism among IFP supporters, who became convinced that it was their turn to govern the country.
“I was in the Cabinet for 10 years and it was not true that it was dominated by Xhosas,” said the former home affairs minister. IFP structures have nominated Hlabisa to lead the party when Buthelezi, who is 90 years old, retires.“The IFP is very strong. I do not see why people should say the party cannot survive without me. As far as I am concerned, the IFP will exist post-Buthelezi. The people of my generation are no longer in the IFP. They have died, and so on.”
Buthelezi accused the ANC of orchestrating the downfall of the IFP, saying the appointment of kaMagwaza-Msibi as deputy minister of science and technology was proof.
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