'I'd rather be a small party than a party that uses poor people's money' - IFP's Buthelezi
14 April 2019
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) remains unperturbed by its almost non-existent footprint in Limpopo as it gears up for what would be the most highly-contested general election in the history of the country, next month.
A total of 48 political parties are set to contest the elections on May 8.
Speaking to the media after he addressed a rally in Polokwane on Saturday, party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said smaller parties should not be treated with disdain "because the essence of democracy is multi-party democracy".
This was against the background that the party garnered just over 1 200 of the 1.5 million votes cast in the province in the 2014 general election.