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Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
ANC

National Freedom Party faces internal revolt over decision to work with ANC in KwaZulu-Natal

The coalition was working towards toppling the IFP through a motion of no confidence in IFP mayors in hung municipalities

  • Clive Ndou
2 min read
Inkatha Freedom Party supporters. The IFP and Freedom Front. Photo: (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
ALBERT MNCWANGO

IFP, EFF tensions escalate in KwaZulu-Natal hung municipality

Motion of no confidence against IFP office bearers at the Nongoma municipality scheduled as EFF joins forces with the ANC and NFP

  • Clive Ndou
3 min read
National Freedom Party members at the launch of the party’s 2014 election manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, South Africa. The killing of a NFP candidate at Nongoma has sent the party’s candidates in KwaZulu-Natal into hiding in fear for their lives. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Nongoma NFP candidate the latest victim of KwaZulu-Natal’s killing fields

National Freedom Party candidates in the Zululand town have gone into hiding amid fears that they will be targeted next

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
The late NFP leader has been described as ‘a force to be reckoned with’, who paved the way for women in the treacherous political arena
CANAAN MDLETSHE

Trailblazer kaMagwaza-Msibi lauded for her pioneering political role

The late NFP leader has been described as ‘a force to be reckoned with’, who paved the way for women in the treacherous political arena

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read