Inside Politics Analysis
Last weekend the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) launched its election manifesto at a packed Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, a major show of organisational muscle ahead of the 29 May National and Provincial Elections.
It followed in the footsteps of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and African National Congress (ANC) in doing so – an indication of both the significance of KwaZulu-Natal in national politics, and its vulnerability for the ANC.
The top leadership of the three parties has continued to campaign on the ground since, with president Cyril Ramaphosa returning to the province for door-to-door work on the upper KwaZulu-Natal South Coast on Sunday.
Ramaphosa and other members of the ANCs Top Seven have been in the province weekly, maintaining a high profile presence to try and combat both the resurgence by the IFP and the breakaway uMkhonto WeSizwe party from within its own ranks.
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