IFP spokesperson Mkhuleko Nhlengwa said the party's achievements was the result of Mangosuthu Buthelezi's leadership.
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi after voting at the voting station at eNkonjeni, KZ|N, 8 May 2019. Picture: Sibonelo Ngcobo / AfricanNewsAgency
By early afternoon on Friday the Inkatha Freedom Party had emerged as the official opposition to the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal after being locked in a neck-to-neck battle earlier with the Democratic Alliance . The situation remained slightly fluid still as vote counting continued. The ANC had breached the one million vote mark before 9am and was lying at 53.63 percent in the afternoon, but the results from some of the party’s strongholds were still due to come in.
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