Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

IFP Fires ‘Underperforming’ Amajuba District Municipality Mayor in KwaZulu-Natal

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has finally acted and fired the allegedly “underperforming” Mayor of…

Endumeni Councillor Scores Temporary Victory Against His Party Which Wanted Him Out

The sole but critical councillor of the ABC (Abantu Batho Congress) in the Endumeni (Dundee)…

IFP Downplays Tensions Between KZN CoGTA MEC Rev Thulasizwe Buthelezi and ANC GPU Partners

The chairperson of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, has downplayed the…

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Halts Relocation Of CoGTA’s Traditional Offices To Ulundi

The MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in KwaZulu-Natal, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has…

Government Employee Fired For Joining MK Party Gets Job Back

REINSTATED: KZN CoGTA Deputy Director for Fire and Rescue Services, Mncedisi Makuyi, has been reinstated to his lucrative government job. Photo: Facebook A government employee who alleged that he was dismissed by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) for his involvement in the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) has been reinstated to his position. Mncedisi Makuyi, who served as Deputy Director for Fire and Rescue Services, was fired on May 15 this year following an internal disciplinary…

GNU’s Are Usually Born Out of Crises: But Newcastle In Natal Is Not Newcastle The UK

In public discourse, there is a tendency to incorrectly equate fundamentally dissimilar entities in nature and purpose. The governments of national unity (GNU) established in 1910, the 1990s and 2024 only share a name but are vastly different in context and outcome. Some commentators’ insistence on justifying this ‘sameness’ is intellectually dishonest and misleading.  It is akin to comparing Newcastle in Natal with Newcastle in the UK; they share a name but are distinctly separate places. In mainstream political literature,…

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