President-elect Jacob Zuma on Wednesday marked his election with a conciliatory speech, reaching out to opposition parties.
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Wednesday congratulated president-elect Jacob Zuma and called for reconciliation between his party and the ANC.
According to the IFP, ordinary voters were tired of the ANC’s inability to develop, the rural areas especially.
Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has been IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s special adviser since the early Nineties, often at taxpayers’ expense.
The Inkatha Freedom Party’s Youth Brigade has called an urgent meeting to discuss reported discontent with party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Five more people have been arrested for the murder of an African National Congress supporter and the attempted murder of six others in KwaZulu-Natal.
It was an easy win for the ANC. But what quickly emerged was that a shift had occurred in the South African political landscape.
The ANC’s lead in the national election took a 0,13% dip over lunchtime on Thursday as more results from Gauteng polling stations became available.
The ANC was leading the race in eight of the nine provinces late on Thursday morning while the ruling party has also increased its lead over the DA.
Many deserted the IFP, some changed their votes to Cope, and others just kept on voting for SA’s liberation movement, the ANC.
With three million votes counted, the ANC is cruising to another convincing victory in South Africa’s fourth democratic election.
There was a shouting match between IFP and ANC members in front of international election observers at the Holiday Inn in Ulundi on Tuesday afternoon.
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Sunday reiterated his claims that the general elections would not be free and fair.
The IFP on Friday accused the ANC of employing ‘terror tactics’ and wounding 13 of its members in attacks ahead of next week’s election.
Race is one of the powerful factors driving voters in an election, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies said on Tuesday.
The ANC on Tuesday denied IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s comments that it had won control of KwaZulu-Natal in 2004 because it bussed in supporters.
An urgent court application by Mangosuthu Buthelezi to force the home affairs minister to grant the Dalai Lama a visa has been set down for Tuesday.
The ANC was ”shocked” to learn that another IFP councillor in Nongoma had been arrested in connection with the murder of an ANC member in the area.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of an African National Congress (ANC) member, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.
There is space in the electoral market. The only question is whether any opposition party can exploit the opportunity.
African National Congress defectors were free to come back and rejoin the organisation, said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Sunday.
South Africans need trusted leaders, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Friday.
A committee has been established in KwaZulu-Natal in the hopes of ”defusing tensions” between the ANC and the opposition IFP.
The ANC on Friday formally asked the Independent Electoral Commission to nullify the results of the by-election in Imbabazane local municipality.
Police were on Thursday deployed to KwaZulu-Natal’s Ntabamhlophe area to monitor serious tensions between IFP and ANC supporters.
The ANC and the IFP have reached an agreement to hold political rallies in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, over the weekend, it was reported on Thursday.
The ANC on Tuesday again asked the court to prevent the rival IFP from holding a rally near the venue of an ANC event in KZN over the weekend.
Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the release of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik on medical parole.
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/ 26 February 2009
ANC supporters plan to form a car convoy and drive to Nongoma on Friday to visit party members who were shot during a rally in the area last month.
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/ 24 February 2009
The IFP is the victim of political violence rather than the perpetrator, member of KwaZulu-Natal parliament Blessed Gwala said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2009
The African National Congress (ANC) on Monday called on its rival, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), to stay away from its rallies.
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/ 22 February 2009
There was a heavy police presence in KwaZulu-Natal’s Nseleni area on Sunday to prevent clashes between ANC and IFP supporters.