Time to reconcile with ANC - new IFP president
29 September 2019
Newly-elected IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa has made reconciling with the ANC one of the party's goals as he takes over from Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the party's founder and long-time former leader.
"We are not talking of bringing two organisations into one, we are talking about reconciliation. There was a phase of violence, which made many families lose members and during that period many untrue stories were told to the public about the IFP," said Hlabisa.
He made the comments during a wide-ranging sit-down interview with News24 this week. Hlabisa said relations soured between the two organisations following a 1979 meeting in London.
The new party president said it was time for the history of the IFP and ANC's relations to be rectified, saying they came from the same background. At the same time Hlabisa made it clear it was the governing party to blame for the soured ties.