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IFP supporters at an event.
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) National Spokesperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa has dismissed reports of factionalism within the party ahead of the local government elections. Some members within the party have called for Velenkosini Hlabisa to stay as President whilst his detractors are of the view that another candidate would be suitable.
The IFP has since announced that its national elective conference will take place no later than March 2027, citing a need to focus on the local polls that will take place later this year. Hlengwa spoke to SABC news in Soweto ahead of the party’s announcement of its mayoral candidate in the city of Johannesburg.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
IFP President Hon. VF Hlabisa is set to shake things up in the City of Gold! 🏙️🔥
This Saturday, 16 May 2026, he will officially announce the party’s Mayoral Candidate for the City of Johannesburg ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections! 🗳️
Stay tuned,… pic.twitter.com/PF6Oe52xS2
— #VoteIFP (@vote_ifp) May 14, 2026
“We rally behind the president as the torchbearer of the work that we are doing. We have full confidence in the work of Hlabisa as president and we also have confidence in the work of the deputy president Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi. I must say that there is an over exegeration of the divisions in the party, you will see as we are going to the elections that we are singing one hymn,” says Hlengwa.
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