By Inside Politics Special Correspondent
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) wrapped up its campaign for the 29 May national and provincial elections with a show of strength on Sunday at its final rally at Umhlathuze with an eye on the premiership of KwaZulu-Natal after a 20-year absence.
Party president Velenkosini Hlabisa addressed the rally along with the party’s provincial chairperson, Thami Ntuli, the mayor of the King Cetshwayo District Municipality and the provincial chairperson of the South African Local Government Association.
Ntuli, the former mayor of Nkandla, is the IFP’s premier candidate after emerging from a tussle with Hlabisa, who had wanted to remain in the provincial legislature as the leader of the official opposition in the province.
The IFP in KZN – South Africa’s second largest province with 12.8 million residents and 5.7 million registered voters – hopes to capitalise on recent voting trends and take it back from
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