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Smaller parties losing out to the ANC, DA and EFF

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:08:24 +0000

This week’s eNCA elections poll shows the smaller parties losing ground as voters shift from them to the three biggest players: the ANC, the DA and the EFF. This trend has affected Cope, the IFP, the UDM and the ACDP, among others. Together all these smaller parties only make up an average of 2.4 %, […]

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Announcement of the Local Government Elections

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 06:26:38 +0000

As the IFP we welcome the announcement of the election date. The 3rd of August 2016 is a good date for a number of reasons. This is the beginning of summer and in most parts of the country the weather will be favourable for all including the elderly. An announcement of this nature being could […]

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Low Youth Turnout At Voter Registration Is A Symptom Of Disillusionment

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:34:10 +0000

The Inkatha Freedom Party believes that the low youth turnout at voter registration stations this past weekend could be attributed to youth disillusionment linked to the lack of job opportunities and the crisis at universities. “Our youth feel discouraged when they do not see any prospects of a bright future for them. They feel let […]

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IFP Wins By-elections

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:49:32 +0000

The Inkatha Freedom Party is celebrating after winning two fiercely contested by-elections at Vryheid and Indaka this Wednesday. “The election results showed that the IFP, with its limited resources, could defeat the ANC and the NFP. It certainly is sweet victory considering all the resources and time that the ANC invested in these wards even […]

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IFP: CONDEMNS IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR BY IEC STAFF

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 06:26:13 +0000

The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has raised grave concerns about the unprofessional conduct of IEC staff towards the IFP at the Mthonjaneni IEC office during the recent by-elections held on Wednesday 17th September. “We are very perturbed by the unprofessional conduct of the IEC staff. When we tried to lodge a complaint about claims that some […]

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IFP: REJECTS MTHONJANENI BY-ELECTION RESULTS

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:07:49 +0000

The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has rejected the by-election results in Mthonjaneni following claims that some ballot papers went missing in one of the voting stations. It calls on the IEC to declare the by-election results invalid. “The IFP wants the IEC to explain how ballot papers in one of the voting station went missing. We […]

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Biggest Elections since general election taking place today

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:46:20 +0000

Pretoria – Over 200 000 registered voters in 25 wards across the country’s nine provinces are expected go to the polls on Wednesday to elect municipal councillors. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said tomorrow’s by-elections will be one of the largest mobilisations of voters outside of general elections. The by-elections include a number […]

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