Celani Sikhakhane
I-IFP isiphinde yashaya ibuya komasipala nezifunda eziningi eziholwa yi-ANC KwaZulu-Natali ezabalahlekela ngaphansi kowayenguMengameli uMnumzane uThabo Mbeki noJacob Zuma.
Balahlekelwa omasipala ngonyaka wezi-2006 nangonyaka wezi-2011, abagcina beyisizinda seqembu elibusayo esifundazweni.
Ngesikhathi imiphumela iqala ukungena ngemuva kokhetho lomasipala lwangoMsombuluko, kusheshe kwacaca ukuthi i-ANC ibanikele ku-IFP omasipala.
Labo masipala bahlanganisa isifunda sasoThukela, uMkhanyakude, uKhahlamba, iSifunda iKing Cetshwayo, umasipala wasoPhongolo, umasipala wendawo yakwaMaphumulo, umasipala wendawo yase-Newcastle, umasipala waseMlalazi, umasipala waseMfolozi, uMnambithi, uMkhanyakude kanye noMtubatuba.
Okhulumela i-ANC KwaZulu-Natali, uMnuz Nhlakanipho Ntombela, uthe basola ukuthi izinga elincane labavoti yikhona okwenze i-ANC ilahlekelwe omasipala.
“Amalungu e-ANC awazange avotele iqembu, kunalokho akhethe ukuhlala emakhaya, ngenxa yalokho sigcine silahlekelwe omasipala abaningi ngenxa ye-IFP,” kusho uNtombela.
“Kuzomele sizihlole thina ukuze sithole ukuthi ngabe konakelephi ngempela.”
Ngonyaka wezi-2016 owayengumholi we-IFP uMntwana kaphindangene uMangosuthu Buthelezi, wabungazwa esikhungweni semiphumela se-IEC, eThekwini ngemuva kokuba ekwazile ukubuyisa omasipala abahlulwa ngonyaka wezi-2011.
Ngaleso sikhathi uButhelezi uthe ukuwina kwabo kufakazele ukuthi abahlaziyi bezepolitiki asebebhale umbiko womngcwabo weqembu abashayanga esikhonkosini.