Cape Town – The African National Congress (ANC) has expressed its belief in the possibility of reconciliation with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) during a visit to the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s homestead in KwaPhindangene on Tuesday.
The ANC leaders paid condolences to the Buthelezi family following Buthelezi’s recent passing.
Despite strained relations between the ANC and IFP, both parties had previously acknowledged the importance of reconciliation.
During the visit, ANC Deputy President Paul Mashitile emphasized Buthelezi’s desire for the two parties to work together while maintaining their separate identities.
“The most important thing was for the IFP and the ANC to work together, not to emerge as one political party but to work together as different parties – but giving each other space,” Mashatile said.
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However, IFP President Velenkosini Hlabisa suggested that the ANC needed to take the initiative in this regard.
ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile offers words of condolences on behalf of the ANC at the late IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s homestead. “We will be working with Mntwana’s family until the very end,” he says.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
