Death penalty, subsidised public transport: Here's what IFP manifesto says
SOWETO - Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Thursday called for a debate on the reintroduction of the death penalty to deter violent crime in the country.
— carien du plessis March 21, 2019 He bemoaned the high crime rate and what he called a lack of social justice in South Africa. Among the solutions Buthelezi offered was to talk about death penalty. Buthelezi also bemoaned the stories of corruption being heard by the Zondo Commission on state capture. He said late president Nelson Mandela would feel like many people do now: betrayed, insulted and deceived.Buthelezi said the IFP was the party that pushed for a Bill of Rights, and not the African National Congress and the former National Party government.
He also said Eskom’s failure to keep the lights on meant that small businesses were hurting and could collapse. He said the IFP had a plan to rescue the economy.The IFP said it wants to introduce a subsidised public transport card for jobseekers on the Gautrain and on buses to help people to find work. The party also wants to see e- tolls scrapped.
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