National executive committee members are at odds over a coalition with the EFF, with some vowing to lobby party leaders against the arrangement
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The party is also dealing with an internal revolt by its councillors over its coalition with the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters
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Although the city seems to be stabilising politically, it is heading for an uncertain financial future
Governing party says it cannot be ‘arrogant’ and try to run Durban alone
Opposition parties plan to strip the ANC of its control of the city
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The 2021 local government elections are a clear demonstration of the failure to manage internal disagreements, where many of the parties, civic movements and independent candidates that contested these local government elections are direct offshoots of the ANC
What do the outcomes of the local government polls portend for the general elections in 2024?
National Freedom Party candidates in the Zululand town have gone into hiding amid fears that they will be targeted next
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When the ANC was faced with possible losses in 95 municipalities, it approached two smaller parties in hope that its endorsements would result in trade-offs.
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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
The health regulatory authority has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat Covid-19, despite calls on the government to approve its use, as there is no data to support its effectiveness
ANC provinces led by two sides of the factional divide face acute challenges to retain control in the 2019 general election
The motion comes after the killing of at least 60 Palestinians in the past four days by Israeli soldiers at the Gaza border
The party was disqualified from participating in the August 3 elections after it failed to make a payment to the IEC before its deadline.
On Tuesday, 28 NFP members were arrested after they protested against the party being disqualified from the upcoming elections.
The NFP held a special national working committee meeting and resolved to suspend several senior leaders, while the chair and deputy chair resigned.
The party’s spokesperson Sabelo Sibugu said the NFP isn’t broke, but missed the IEC deadline because of a leadership crisis within the party.
At least 60 people have died in the last two years as violence continues in the Durban hostels, leading for calls for the UN to intervene.
NFP leader Zanele ka Magwaza-Msibi has accepted her appointment as the new deputy minister of science and technology.
Jabu Mncwango from the KwaMashu Hostel says she remembers seeing an ANC supporter beaten for wearing party colours but it doesn’t deter her.
The M&G puts 10 tough questions to Zanele Magwaza-Msibi, founder and leader of the National Freedom Party.
IFP breakaway party, the National Freedom Party, says a woman believed to be one of their supporters has been kiled in KwaZulu-Natal.
Police were unable to contain violent clashes between National Freedom Party (NFP) members and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters in KwaMashu.
It is trite but disturbingly true that the political murders have returned KwaZulu-Natal to its bloody past, writes Niren Tolsi.
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 Inkatha Freedom Party and the National Freedom Party have been engaging in talks in order to quell the violence between their supporters.
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 African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) will work together in all hung municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal.
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 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.