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Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
ANC

National Freedom Party secretary general Teddy Thwala fired — again

Thwala was dismissed at a hearing held in his absence

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
IFP PROVINCIAL UNITY GOVERNMENT

KZN court blocks NFP leader Barnes from suspending secretary general Thwala

Thwala cannot be suspended or disciplined until an earlier court challenge to the December 2023 conference outcome has been completed

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
National Freedom Party president Ivan Barnes. (National Freedom Party/ Facebook)
ANC

NFP secretary general seeks fresh interdict over ‘relentless victimisation’ by party president Ivan Barnes

A separate court matter involving the party’s estranged leaders will be heard on Friday

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
National Freedom Party president Ivan Barnes. (National Freedom Party/ Facebook)
ANC

KwaZulu-Natal unity government under threat from renewed infighting in National Freedom Party

The party’s single seat holds the balance of power in the province This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is…

  • Paddy Harper
1 min read
Honest day’s work: Pieter Groenewald, the new minister of correctional affairs, wants prisoners to earn their keep. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty
ANC

New Ooms sweep clean

Down in the kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is also cleaning house

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
National Freedom Party members at the launch of the party’s 2014 election manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
ANC

National Freedom Party could be the kingmaker with a single seat in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature

The NF party wants a provincial cabinet seat in return for its support

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS

Embattled NFP makes the ballot – for now

The National Freedom Party still has to navigate two court cases and a liquidation battle

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA

New court battle poses fresh threat to future of NFP

Members say outcome of December conference was manipulated

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
2024 ELECTIONS

Electoral commission blow for embattled NFP

The party has until next March to elect a unified national leadership if it wants to contest the 2024 polls

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Infighting has plagued the NFP since the death of founder Zanele Magwaza-Msibi in 2021. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

NFP clears conference hurdle as it readies for 2024

The party needs to settle its internal battles if it hopes to contest the elections

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Patriarchy ‘drives’ IFP deployment
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

Is there life for the IFP after Buthelezi?

Leadership tension and a coalition backlash are the first hurdles the party faces

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
In a bizarre turn of events, a little-known, small-town marketing company is in the process of liquidating both the ANC and its KwaZulu-Natal ally, the National Freedom Party (NFP) over unpaid election debts. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Election debts haunt ANC, NFP

Both parties could be liquidated, a first in South African history

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
National Freedom Party members at the launch of the party’s 2014 election manifesto at Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images /Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng)
ANC

NFP faces liquidation ahead of national and provincial election

The party is also dealing with an internal revolt by its councillors over its coalition with the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
IFP national treasurer and elections head Narend Singh confirmed the killing of the party member, allegedly by members of the ANC. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
BUTHELEZI ARCHIVES

Buthelezi bows out … at long last

Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s reign as the leader of the IFP has finally ended

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Protesters marched to the headquarters of the Free State health department to hand over a memorandum demanding their jobs back and calling for health MEC Benny Malakoane to resign.
DURBAN

Mangosuthu Buthelezi: I did not walk these last 42 years alone

After more than four decades at the helm of the IFP, Buthelezi announced that he would be stepping down at the party’s next elective conference

  • Amanda Khoza News24
  • Kaveel Singh
4 min read
The late NFP leader has been described as ‘a force to be reckoned with’, who paved the way for women in the treacherous political arena
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY

NFP leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi appointed to Cabinet

NFP leader Zanele ka Magwaza-Msibi has accepted her appointment as the new deputy minister of science and technology.

  • Andisiwe Makinana
4 min read
The late NFP leader has been described as ‘a force to be reckoned with’, who paved the way for women in the treacherous political arena
10 TOUGH QUESTIONS

Ten tough questions for NFP leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi

The M&G puts 10 tough questions to Zanele Magwaza-Msibi, founder and leader of the National Freedom Party.

  • Matuma Letsoala
4 min read
‘Buthelezi must back off from NFP’
BUTHELEZI ARCHIVES

‘Buthelezi must back off from NFP’

The Inkatha Freedom Party and the National Freedom Party have been engaging in talks in order to quell the violence between their supporters.

  • Fatima Asmal Motala
4 min read
IFP

NFP: How far can anger and T-shirts take it?

SUV exhaust fumes and free T-shirts are probably the only guarantees the electorate can be certain of from politicians.

  • Niren Tolsi
3 min read
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY

Thousands flock to National Freedom Party launch

The "sun of hope" rose at Durban’s Curries Fountain Ground on Saturday according to former Inkatha Freedom Party chairperson Zanele Magwaza.

  • Niren Tolsi
2 min read