IFP:  GIVE ELEPHANT TO US

The eThekwini Municipality is still undecided on the IFP request to have one elephant given to Inkatha Freedom Party. In a letter dated 15 0ctober, the Chairperson of the IFP Municipal Caucus Councillor Mdu Nkosi urged the Municipal Manager to consider giving one the three controversial elephants to the IFP instead of destroying it. Nkosi's letter read:

"At its meeting of 03 June 2010 the eThekwini Council took resolution on the issue of the controversial elephants erected in the Warwick Triangle, to opt for an urban design incorporating one elephant instead of the two already erected and add four more animals to make the Big 5.

"Our understanding is that the one elephant will be destroyed completely; which in our view will be a waste of resources and energy.

"We wish therefore to request that rather than destroying it, the eThekwini Council should kindly consider giving this one elephant to the IFP, for as you know elephants are part of the IFP public image. We are prepared to remove it from its current site to our Offices in Ulundi at our costs should we be allowed to have it.

"We believe that acceptance of this request would be a humane gesture which would make a contribution to the on-going efforts at improving relations between the IFP and ANC."

When asked whether there has been any response to the letter, Nkosi stated that there has been not much except that the Municipal Manager stated that he was going to discuss the matter with the Speaker.

Statement issued by Mduduzi Nkosi, IFP Caucus Chairperson, November 9 2010

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