It is believed the party leader is responsible for dwindling support by insisting on staying on at the helm, despite his age and health issues.
While the Inkatha Freedom Party is confident it will wrest power from the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, a political expert believes even with former president Jacob Zuma no longer being a big political player in the province, the party has no chance.
The IFP leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, launched the party’s manifesto at Chatsworth in Durban yesterday, with land central to the party’s election promises. He said the IFP led a corruption-free administration in the former KZN homeland. They had established Ithala Bank for the people, and other projects, which contrasted with the abuse of state funds under the ANC, including the looting at VBS Mutual bank.
He said IFP youth leaders who had challenged Buthelezi’s power, such as IFP youth leader in Umlazi Irvin Barnes, and Skhumbuzo Khanyeza and Simphiwe Buthelezi, had all been expelled.
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