Parliament has expressed shock and sadness at the death of Ben Skosana, who had been an MP since 1994.
The EFF’s Julius Malema and IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi have decided to let go of past grievances and protect each other’s members while campaigning.
The Inkatha Freedom Party says it doesn’t form part of a new coalition, the Collective for Democracy, that was formed to contest the 2014 elections.
Five opposition parties have formed a coalition, called the Collective for Democracy, to contest the general elections next year.
The IFP has questioned the credibility of SA’s polls after IEC chair Pansy Tlakula was found to have been "grossly irregular" in a lease procurement.
As the 2014 election campaign begins, the propaganda machine is back in overdrive, says Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Police were unable to contain violent clashes between National Freedom Party (NFP) members and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters in KwaMashu.
A leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Sihle Menzi Biyela, has been shot and killed in Durban’s KwaMashu township.
According to an internal ANC report, 38 members of the party have been killed in KwaZulu-Natal since the beginning of 2011.
It is trite but disturbingly true that the political murders have returned KwaZulu-Natal to its bloody past, writes Niren Tolsi.
The IFP and Freedom Front Plus have marked their youth day events with speeches criticising the state of the country and its leading party.
The Inkatha Freedom Party in Gauteng has welcomed the investigation by the M&G into the hostel situation faced by numerous families in Soweto.
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has replied to an article in last week’s M&G relating to the talks between his party and the NFP.
The government’s interference in the Walmart merger with Massmart will jeopardise future foreign investment, says the Inkatha Freedom Party.
The Inkatha Freedom Party and the National Freedom Party have been engaging in talks in order to quell the violence between their supporters.
The need and usefulness of the provinces has been debated endlessly without reaching a conclusion.
Responding to the State of the Nation, the DA says an inability to reach reconciliation through economic redress is the cause of national discontent.
IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi has said he is worried about the amount of corruption and self-serving ambition that has flooded into politics.
A high court application on whether it was constitutional for the government to bar the Dalai Lama entry in SA looks to be "dead in the water".
The Cape High Court will hear an application by the IFP and Cope about whether it was constitutional for the state to bar the Dalai Lama entry.
The ANC Youth League says it has already found an argument to appeal against the suspensions of its leadership.
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/ 3 November 2011
The ANC’s chief whip Mathole Motshekga says the ruling party will not recognise the proposed Parliamentary Institute of South Africa.
The IFP — as the third-largest party in South Africa — must take on an opposition role, party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi told supporters on Sunday.
The press ombudsman has ordered the <i>Sowetan</i> to run a front page apology to IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi for damage to his credibility.
The ANC-NFP coalition signalled a "dark day for democracy in KwaZulu-Natal," the IFP said on Monday.
The African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) will work together in all hung municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Inkatha Freedom Party has urged its breakaway party, the National Freedom Party, to bring its coalition "preconditions" to the negotiating table.
The NFP has said it would not start coalition talks with the IFP until the IFP publicly apologises for its comments about the splinter group.
At least one party has begun talks to form coalitions, with a few others expressing an interest, as the local government elections draw to a close.
The first reaction to Sheryl Cwele’s sentencing for drug dealing has come through calling for the minister of state security to step down or be fired.
There is evidence that ANC leaders are providing help to a campaign aimed at destroying the IFP, IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi says.
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/ 15 February 2011
Opposition parties on Tuesday walked out of a government presentation on the contentious Protection of Information Bill.