From questions about Angie Motshekga staying in office to parties embracing Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle, here’s what was said about the moves.
The alleged abuse of recruits at the Army Infantry School in Oudtshoorn is not in the interests of the military, says the IFP.
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been mistaken for the late singer Ray Charles at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral in Britain, it was reported.
In an unusual move, IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi interrupted President Jacob Zuma during his response to the State Of The Nation debate.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi believes the IFP’s by-election victory in President Jacob Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla is a significant milestone for the party.
The bail hearing of four men accused of killing a woman IFP supporter will continue in the Durban Regional Court.
The reintroduction of the annual reed dance has decreased the spread of Aids in the country, the IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi has said.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi said he would not attend the Freedom Day celebration in Pretoria because the ANC was not the sole liberator of South Africa.
The IFP and Cope’s application on the constitutionality of government’s decision not to grant the Dalai Lama a visa has been dismissed with costs.
As horse trading over coalitions to run at least 19 KZN municipalities continued, there was the distinct smell of decomposing horse meat on the table.
The National Freedom Party strategists ascribe the three-month-old organisation’s successful début to little else but the commitment of its members.
The beleaguered IFP’s control of 32 of KZN’s 61 municipalities was under serious threat as results from the local elections rolled in.
Excitement, controversy and "toilet wars" all contributed to an unprecedented 57% of the electorate turning out to vote in the municipal elections.
The new NFP party in KZN has surprised even itself by gaining a share of the province’s votes big enough to trigger some frenetic horse-trading.
All eyes are on Ulundi to see how the new NFP party fares — and Nkandla, the traditional home of President Zuma, where many residents feel neglected.
The IFP’s Youth Brigade has vowed to defend party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s home from "invasion" by ANC Youth League president’s Julius Malema.
What do you do when you have less than three months before the next "final" deadline for the controversial Protection of Information Bill?
With former allies facing off on the election battlefield the race is on for KwaZulu-Natal .
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/ 18 February 2011
SUV exhaust fumes and free T-shirts are probably the only guarantees the electorate can be certain of from politicians.
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/ 16 February 2011
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Massive defections from Buthelezi’s stronghold could spell the end for the old order.
The ANC has denied the claims of a letter that it had offered former IFP chairperson Zanele Magwaza-Msibi a job.
Campaigning has begun early in eMangusi as the ANC attempts to consolidate its power.
The ANCYL walked out of a meeting with the Inkatha Freedom Party on Monday, Inkatha Freedom Party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi said.
We may not know a lot about her, but we now know that Zanele Ka Magwaza-Msibi has many hats.
IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Wednesday said there was still a rough sea of unfinished business between the ANC and the IFP.
When is a disciplinary hearing not a disciplinary hearing? When the Inkatha Freedom Party calls it an inquiry, it seems.
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/ 30 September 2009
The IFP instructed its lawyers on Wednesday to start legal action against Jacob Zuma for a six-year delay in the application of 384 pardons.
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/ 8 September 2009
An application by Bheki Cele seeking to interdict three IFP leaders from making defamatory statements against him was rejected on Tuesday.
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/ 12 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance will not be intimidated by political thugs, party leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.
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/ 26 January 2009
Election manifestos have very little impact on voters, political analysts said on Monday, after a flurry of manifesto launches over the weekend.
South Africa’s security chief on Friday accused rightwingers linked to the former apartheid government of fanning xenophobic violence that has spread to Cape Town, the second largest city and tourist centre. At least 42 people have been killed and thousands driven from their homes in 12 days of attacks.