IFP founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi told the party’s supporters in oPhongolo not to believe rumours that they would not be contesting the elections in the municipality.
Durban - IFP founder and President Emeritus Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi told the party’s supporters in oPhongolo, north of KwaZulu-Natal, not to believe rumours that they would not be contesting the elections in the municipality.
Buthelezi, alongside his successor, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has been on the campaign trail in the IFP stronghold for the party he founded in 1975 and went on to lead for 44 years as they seek to woo voters in the final stretch of their campaign before the 1 November local government elections. Addressing the party’s supporters, Buthelezi said that they are ready to take back KwaZulu-Natal and restore the province as a lighthouse of development within the country, adding that this depended on the voters waking up and giving the IFP their votes to restore good governance.
“I know this. You know this. And, whether they admit it or not, our opponents know it too. That is why, as they have always done, they are trying to block the IFP from gaining ground in oPhongolo. “I am sure you have heard the rumours that the IFP is not contesting the 2021 municipal elections in Ophongolo. Or the rumours that we don’t have candidates to stand for election. The President will explain the glitches, which we are confident we can overcome,” said Buthelezi.
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