THE IFP announced on Wednesday that it had reached an arrangement with the ANC to allow it to form a government where it holds majority seats, in a deal meant to ensure stability in municipalities.
Both parties have agreed that each party must govern in municipalities were they got a majority of votes.
However, just two weeks ago, the IFP was adamant that it was not going to work with the ANC in any way and allow it back to power via a back door in KwaZulu-Natal.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, IFP President Velenkosini Hlabisa said the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting resolved that IFP should not work with the ANC because it was not honest in the past and voters rejected it at the polls.
“As you will recall, last Sunday I said that where we will govern as a leading party we will not enter into
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