Five key take aways from the IFP manifesto launch

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), buoyed by the outcomes of the 2016 local government elections, is confident that it can retain its support base and take away voters from rival parties. These are the key points from the party’s manifesto, launched at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban on Sunday.

On the land issue, the party remains steadfast that land expropriation should take place but on condition that there is compensation. The party wants the administration of communal land to remain in the hands of the people ‘under the custodianship of traditional leadership, with the provincial governments providing support to traditional leaders and emerging farmers and elevating them to a state of commercial farming’.

The party is focused on an inclusive economy. It wants to do this by focusing on local economic development, supporting small businesses and public/private partnerships. The party wants an unemployment register in every municipality, to match job seekers