With IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa predicting the ANC would fall below 50% in support in next month's polls, he said that the groundwork had been laid for a coalition government.
CAPE TOWN - Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said that while he did not agree with Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen labeling smaller political parties"mercenaries" for wanting to campaign in its stronghold of the Western Cape, the Multi-Party Charter was on a firm footing to govern as a coalition.
Speaking at the Cape Town Press Club on Tuesday, Hlabisa said his party would be a solid coalition partner evidenced by the stability in municipalities were it shared power.Last year, Deputy President Paul Mashatile led a national dialogue towards a framework for strengthening and stabilising coalitions but nothing has since come of it.
He's invited political minnows, Build One South Africa and Rise Mzansi, to join the bloc despite Steenhuisen being slammed for his comments about new players looking to enter the political fray.
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