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Business Day, Johannesburg, Letters, 25 May 2005
=Phony imbizo=

The Inkatha Freedom Party’s (IFP’s) rally masquerading as an imbizo of the Zulu people last Saturday is the most backward mobilisation strategy employed by the IFP since the demise of its support in KwaZulu-Natal in the last elections.

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi sought to resuscitate the party’s support through a venomous ethnic fundamentalism. The poor attendance exposed how desperate Buthelezi is and how low he is prepared to stoop in the quest.

His tactic of turning the Zulu people against their king by levelling accusations of partisanship and insensitivity to the concerns of his people is populist, self-serving and denies the reality that people no longer want to be part of the problem but part of the solution.


 * Moloto Mothapo

Head of communications, ANC Parliamentary Caucus**


 * From: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/opinion.aspx?ID=BD4A48487 **