Durban -- The IFP is positioning itself to take back KwaZulu-Natal and to put a stop to infighting within the party.
The IFP is the official opposition in the KZN Legislature.
The IFP KZN Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) held a strategic planning workshop on Saturday.
The workshop was attended by IFP president, Velenkosini Hlabisa, his deputy, Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi; members of the IFP KZN PEC; the NEC of the Women’s Brigade and the NEC of the IFP Youth Brigade; MPs and MPLs; district chairpersons and secretaries, as well as constituency chairpersons and secretaries; caucus chairpersons; mayors, deputy mayors, and speakers.
IFP KZN chairperson Thami Ntuli said the leadership has shown an ongoing, tireless commitment to the IFP’s vision of a just, prosperous, and moral society, whose citizens engage with each other on the basis of ubuntu/botho.
“We gathered for this workshop to collaborate and plan for the way forward on the basis of our theme which was, ’The IFP in KZN forges ahead while riding on the strong legacy of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and timeless values of his struggle for liberation’,” he said.
Ntuli said they have heard the desperate pleas and cries of the people calling for change; and the IFP is readying itself for a decisive victory in 2024 in KZN.
He said the IFP received a strong show of support in the 2021 Local Government Elections.
He said over the past few years, the province has been brought to its knees due to corruption, crime, mismanagement, lawlessness, and poverty.
“This cannot continue. The people of KwaZulu-Natal deserve more. The focus must be on service delivery. As the IFP, we want to deliver much-needed basic services to our communities and restore integrity and good governance,” said Ntuli.
The IFP, he said, governs 28 municipalities in the province.
Ntuli said people deserve quality basic services, employment opportunities, houses, safety, and accessible health care.
“Our traditional leaders have much wisdom and experience to share, and only ask for a platform to be heard.”
Ntuli said the party was here to ensure that supply chain management and financial principles are strictly adhered to and to expose financial mismanagement and oppose corruption wherever it may exist.
“We further resolved, as per our 2021 LGE Manifesto, to recognise the important role played by Amakhosi, with a commitment to prioritise visits to Amakhosi and unpack the IFP programmes.”
Ntuli said the topic of unity was also featured throughout the two-day workshop. He said the IFP will reject camps and divisions as enemies of the IFP.
“As IFP KZN leadership, we left the strategic workshop with renewed enthusiasm for and dedication to the task at hand, as well as being equipped with practical action plans to take back to our structures across the province.”
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