IFP founder and president emeritus, Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi said his party had done all it could to woo voters to back them at the polls.
Buthelezi’s arrival at the voting station caused a frenzy among the throngs of IFP supporters, who had to be stopped at the gates by police and Electoral Commission of South Africa officials.
But he would not be drawn into commenting on his party’ prospects as the country waits for voting to close at 9pm and vote counting to commence.
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