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The late
#IFP
founder, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, warned that South Africa is rapidly becoming a failed state. Years of corruption and unethical leadership have robbed us of our future. We, the IFP stand ready to
#reBuild
our country! Watch one of our official election ads
Congratulations to Orlando Pirates for their impressive victory in the MTN 8 match! 🏆⚽ The
#IFP
salutes your dedication and teamwork on the field. Well done, Buccaneers! 🎉
#MTN8Champions
⚠️ | IFP National Spokesperson,
@MkhulekoHlengwa
will not be fielding any
@eNCA
/
@etv
interviews in any capacity, including that of Chairperson of SCOPA, until such time as a meeting is scheduled & an acceptable revision of
@eNCA
's statement has been issued.
#LindsayDentlinger
IFP CALLS OUT EFF’S VILE MISINFORMATION
The [EFF's] allegations are inflammatory and dangerous politicking. They have produced nothing whatsoever to back this serious claim, which the IFP now demands be investigated by SAPS.
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STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF THE INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY, INKOSI OF THE BUTHELEZI CLAN AND TRADITIONAL PRIME MINISTER TO THE ZULU MONARCH AND NATION
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IFP TAKES WARD FROM ANC IN ASTONISHING VICTORY IN UMVOTI
The IFP continues to grow from by-election to by-election and has achieved another remarkable feat: this time, by taking ward 2 in uMvoti from the ANC during a by-election, held yesterday.
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We would like to wish IFP Founder & President Emeritus, His Excellency, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a very happy 94th birthday! Thank you for your wisdom, guidance and commitment to South Africa. We wish you more happy birthdays and good health. Happy Birthday Shenge!🐘🐘🐘✨🎉
As we lay Mampintsha to rest today, the IFP sends its love, thoughts and condolences to his family, friends and fans. May he rest in peace.
#RestInPeace
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT HLABISA 🐘🐘🐘✨🥳🎉
We would like to wish President Hlabisa continued good health, much personal happiness, and the strength and endurance to continue to lead the IFP on its upward trajectory. More:
Happy Birthday, Bulawayo!
STATEMENT OF IFP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE PASSING OF PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI MP, IFP FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT EMERITUS, INKOSI OF THE BUTHELEZI CLAN AND TRADITIONAL PRIME MINISTER TO THE ZULU MONARCH AND NATION
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#HandsOffCaster
"Fair play is the name of the game - The IFP fully supports
@caster800m
🏆 It is our hope that you will be successful in your pursuit for justice in sports!" -
@MkhulekoHlengwa
IFP National Spokesperson
⚖️💚🏃🏿♀️🥇
STATEMENT | 'The IFP believes that there is an urgent need to assess the impact that the current tax framework, in the form of these levies, imposes on both the direct and indirect consumer.' - IFP Chief Whip in Parliament, Hon. Narend Singh, MP
@ParliamentofRSA
#PetrolPrice
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) would like to thank every South African for coming out in numbers and exercising their democratic right to vote. 🇿🇦🗳️ The IFP extends its gratitude to its rank and file, staff members and volunteers for their tireless work and dedication🙏👏🎉
[STATEMENT] IFP Shares Concerns of KZN Protestors About Government’s Immigration Failures
- Hon. Velenkosini Hlabisa, MPL (
@vf_hlabisa
)
IFP President & Leader of the Official Opposition in the KZN Provincial Legislature
@HomeAffairsSA
@deptoflabour
@MbalulaFikile
Congratulations to the Springboks on their historic fourth championship win! 🏉🏆 IFP President and the entire IFP salute your remarkable achievement. 🇿🇦
#SpringboksRWC
In a resounding victory, the IFP secured another impressive win by wrestling control of uMhlathuze Ward 13 from the ANC in a by-election held yesterday, Wednesday September 27, 2023.
Full statement:
#TrustUs
#Sethembe
#WeWorkForYou
𝗜𝗙𝗣 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧
Today, the IFP and the
@Our_DA
in KwaZulu-Natal have come together to sign a historic Service Delivery Pact between the two parties.
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We wish His Excellency Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi a Happy 91st Birthday!
Today we celebrate a visionary leader, freedom fighter, elder statesman & South Africa's greatest patriot!
Our debt to you is beyond measure!
#HappyBirthday
#Shenge
🥂
IFP WISHES PRINCE BUTHELEZI A SPEEDY RECOVERY 🐘🐘🐘
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) would like to wish its Founder and President Emeritus, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP, a speedy recovery as he recuperates from a small procedure for back pain.
On behalf of all IFP Members, I would like to convey our heartfelt birthday wishes to His Excellency, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Prince of Kwaphindangene, Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch and Nation, and the Founder and President Emeritus of the IFP.
IFP TO HOST NATIONAL MEMORIAL SERVICE TO HONOUR IFP FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT EMERITUS, PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI MP
Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Time: 09h00
Venue: Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Regional Sports Complex Practice Pitch, Ulundi
Gauteng Residents come out in numbers to attend the Gauteng Manifesto Launch taking place at the Germiston Stadium. They will shortly be addressed by the President of the
#IFP
, Hon VF Hlabisa MP who will give them all the points contained in the Gauteng Manifesto Plan.
#TrustUs
The
#IFP
is Excited to announce our resounding success in yesterday's by-elections, which saw the
#IFP
SNATCH THREE HIGHLY-CONTESTED WARDS FROM THE ANC IN NEWCASTLE as follows:
Ward 12 = 61%
Ward 19 = 59% &
Ward 23 = 64%
Siyabonga Newcastle!!!
#VoteIFP
#DoItForShenge
#TrustUs
The IFP wishes incoming Ward 99 Councillor, Jane Naidoo, everything of the best in serving the people of eThekwini Ward 99, following the IFP's victory in yesterday's fiercely-contested by-election.
#TrustUs
#Sethembe
#WeWorkForYou
IFP ELATED WITH MTUBATUBA BY-ELECTION RESULTS
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) would like to thank the people of Mtubatuba for their overwhelming support in the by-elections held on 18 January 2023.
🐘🐘🐘 Join us in wishing our President Hon. Velenkosini Hlabisa, MP a Happy Birthday! Wishing him a day filled with joy, success, and continued leadership. 🎊🎉
#IFP
#HappyBirthday
In memory of the award-winning and talented singer and songwriter Bulelwa “Zahara” Mkutukana, whose music inspired many. The IFP extends heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and supporters. 🕊️
#RIPZahara
IFP STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF IFPYB NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON HON. MTHOKOZISI NXUMALO, MP
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we convey this news officially to the public.
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MEDIA ALERT
IFP TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE RE COALITIONS
On Monday, 30 January 2023, IFP senior leadership will host a press conference in Durban to discuss the latest developments on coalitions in South Africa.
There will be an opportunity for questions.
[STATEMENT] "Within the rich treasury of South African heroes and icons, there are few who have served our country for longer or with as much sacrifice as Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Today we honour the Founder and President Emeritus of the IFP as we celebrate his 92nd birthday!
IFP WINS HIGHLY CONTESTED UMHLABUYALINGANA WARD 19
Society has come to realise that the IFP is the party to trust for efficient service delivery for the betterment of the people.
Full statement:
#TrustUs
#Sethembe
#WeWorkForYou
The IFP concluded its 2024 campaign trail with a spectacular closing rally at the uMhlathuze Sports Complex in Richards Bay, where our President Hon. Velenkosini Hlabisa MP delivered his last address to the nation before the upcoming elections on May 29, 2024. 🎉🇿🇦
Tribute in honour of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, delivered by IFP President and Leader of the Official Opposition in KZN, Hon. VF Hlabisa, at the National Memorial Service hosted by the IFP in Ulundi, on 13 September 2023🐘🐘🐘🟡⚫️🔴🟢
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"He [
#KessieNair
] was fully aware and cognisant of his actions and we believe that he must be made an example of. We hope that law enforcement and the justice system expeditiously deals with this matter. " -
@MkhulekoHlengwa
ITS OUR BIRTHDAY!!! 49 Years ago our Founder, the late Hon Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi put his vision on the map and formally established the Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe now known as Inkatha Freedom Party
#IFP
. Join us in celebrating 49
years of service and working for the people
IFP CONTINUES ON ITS UPWARD TRAJECTORY IN KZN BY-ELECTIONS 🐘🐘🐘🟡⚪️⚫️🔴🟢
The IFP claimed a resounding victory in yesterday’s highly contested by-elections in the Midlands, liberating the people of Msunduzi Ward 2...
Full statement:
#TrustUs
#Sethembe
STATEMENT | "The independence, credibility and integrity of the
@IECSouthAfrica
is now in question. Indeed, it is a sad day for our democracy when we find that our Electoral Commission, a Chapter 9 institution has been left sorely wanting."
-
@MkhulekoHlengwa
“The IFP stands ready for this election! 🗳️🐘🐘🐘
Let us together, embrace this date as a pivotal moment in symbolising an opportunity for the nation to liberate itself from the grips of a failed government once and for all” -
@MkhulekoHlengwa
#Election2024
#TrustUs
Join us this week as we count down to the 95th Birthday of IFP Founder and President Emeritus, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP, and celebrate his exceptional life 🐘🐘🐘
🎉🚌 THE
#IFP
CAMPAIGN BUS HAS BEEN REVEALED! 🚌🎉
Today marks yet another game-changer in our 2024 National and Provincial Election Campaign as we take our message on the road in our IFP-branded Election Bus! 🚌 🐘🐘🐘🟥⬜️🟩⬛️🟨⬜️🟥
#LetsDoItForShenge
#VoteIFP
#TrustUs
#Sethembe
On 21 March 1975, a group of patriotic South Africans, under the leadership of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, gathered at KwaNzimela in KwaZulu and established Inkatha yeNkululeko yeSizwe, the national cultural liberation movement (Kgare ya Tokoloho ya Setjhaba) 🐘🐘🐘⚪️⚫️🟡🔴🟢
My name is Velenkosini Hlabisa. The President of Inkatha Freedom Party. I am a patriot - I love my country. The late IFP founder, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi warned us that South Africa is fast becoming a failed state.
Let’s put South Africa first.
On 29 May 2024, VOTE IFP
Wishing IFP Deputy President and Member of Parliament, Hon. Inkosi EM Buthelezi MP, all the best as he celebrates his birthday today! Wishing you good health and happiness in the year ahead. Happy Birthday! 🥳✨🎈
#HappyBirthday
#BestWishes
#celebration
Join us in wishing our Director of Communications & Spokesperson on Social Development & Home Affairs, Hon.
@Liezl_vdMerwe
MP a
#HappyBirthday
! Let’s celebrate the wonderful gift of her life - Wishing you many happy returns and a splendid day and year ahead!
🥳🥂🎂
[STATEMENT] IFP REJECTS
#matricrewrite
The IFP, together with the IFP National Youth Brigade (IFPYB), rejects the latest statement delivered by
@DBE_SA
Minister, Angie Motshekga, that the Department will go ahead with rewrites of the matric exam papers that were leaked.
The IFP offers its sincere condolences to the
@RoyalFamily
and the people of the United Kingdom and the
@commonwealthsec
, on the passing of their beloved Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. May she rest in peace.
🕊️Honouring the remarkable legacy of IFP founder and President Emeritus Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Join us in paying tribute via the live stream on Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 10:00 AM.
#ShengesMemorial
The IFP joins the rest of South Africa in mourning legendary Bafana Bafana midfielder, John Moeti. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, fellow players and legions of fans. May he rest in perfect peace.
#RestInPeace
#RIP
IFP NEC STATEMENT ON PRIORITIES FOR 2023
The IFP continues to be deeply concerned about the current state of affairs at the energy utility, which is leading to the literal collapse of South Africa.
[FAMILY STATEMENT] We're happy to announce that uMntwana wa KwaPhindangene, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has come through this battle over Covid-19 unscathed and it is an encouragement to us all!
Next week we will celebrate uMntwana's 92nd
#Birthday
💚🖤❤️💛
#Covid_19
#StaySafe
The Leadership of the
#IFP
thanks all party supporters for coming out in numbers to hear the
#IFPManifestoLaunch
by our President,Hon Velenkosini Hlabisa MP.
Close to 80 000 of you went past the turnstiles of the Moses Mabhida Stadium. The
#ifp
is ready to govern in 2024.
Let’s get out in these numbers on 29 May 2024 to put your [X] on INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY. We look forward to Governing this country as your chosen party and serving you in the spirit of ubuntu/botho.
#voteifp
#DoItForShenge
#Trustus
#IFP
#Sethembe