NFP Leader's Irresponsible Remarks Will Derail Peace Talks
7th September 2011
Following IFP President Prince Buthelezi's calls for 'peace talks' between the IFP and the NFP, the parties' leadership emerged from initial talks with a shared commitment to fostering peace between their members. The IFP hoped to build on that foundation. It is therefore regrettable that the leader of the NFP continues to slander the IFP President and the party as a whole in public, which heightens tensions.
During Prince Buthelezi's recent visit to Umlazi he told IFP supporters that, "The accusations and slander and mudslinging have to end." He urged the community to channel its energy and passion away from violence, towards a political revolution of goodwill. He said, unequivocally, "The violence must stop."
Mrs kaMagwaza-Msibi responded during her subsequent visit to Umlazi by announcing that the IFP had gunned down 14 NFP members. The NFP, she said, lives in fear, and the IFP might even kill her. She repeated these sentiments this past Sunday at the Rotary Stadium, at KwaMashu Hostel. In addition, she has called Prince Buthelezi a liar, and accused him of insulting and swearing at her when she formed the NFP.
Inexplicably, since the 'peace talks', the NFP has increased the tempo of fabrication.