At least 200 members of the Inkatha Freedom Party and Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal have joined the African National Congress, the ruling party’s provincial secretary Senzo Mchunu said on Monday.
Among their new members were senior IFP councillors who were welcomed into the ANC by provincial chairperson Dr Zweli Mkhize at a function in Bulwer.
Mkhize said he was pleased to see IFP members ”coming back home as the ANC was their original home”.
He said it affirmed that the ANC was a ”home for all”.
”Their joining the ANC from the IFP ahead of next year’s elections is proof that people have come to realise that the IFP has no political programme or any good policies to bring about change to the people of KwaZulu-Natal. People can now see that the ANC is the only party which can change society for the better,” he said.
Among the IFP councillors to join the ruling party were councillor Thulani Dlamini of Ubuhlebezwe municipality, councillor Ray Langa from Ingwe municipality, councillor Pinky Joxo from KwaSani municipality in Underberg, councillor Busisiwe Mncwabe who is from Ingwe municipality and councillor Mfundo Dzanibe from Umzimkhulu.
”These councillors said they were tired of the IFP’s archaic leadership and saw the ANC as the only party for the future.”
Mchunu could not divulge who the DA defectors were. – Sapa