IFP promises action against officials who fail to deliver services
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is promising tough action against municipal officials and councillors who fail to deliver basic services to communities.
The party has been holding its final election rally at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Stadium in Ulundi, northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The IFP’s Deputy National Chairperson, Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, says the party will not tolerate poor performance by its leaders and officials. She says the party already has evaluation mechanisms in place to ensure accountability and take corrective action where necessary.
“The IFP is a party that is always bold in terms of changing people if they see that they are not fit for the purpose. There are performance forms that have been designed to make sure that councillors are working according to those. Sometimes you see a councillor, a mayor, a deputy mayor, or a speaker being removed, not because he has mismanaged funds but because when you look at the roles and responsibilities, they are underperforming. If you are underperforming, we are going to change you.”
Final appeal
Addressing party supporters, IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa made a final appeal to voters to support the party, promising ethical leadership and sound governance in municipalities.
Special voting gets underway tomorrow, with Wednesday being the main election day. Hlabisa says the IFP was not formed for the comfort of its leaders, but to serve the people.
“We come to call our people to action. We have come to say that the future of our municipalities will not be decided by those who stay away, but will be decided by those who will rise and make their way to the voting stations on Wednesday the 4th of November, and cast their vote. The time is now.”
Hlabisa has urged young and disillusioned South Africans to go out and vote.
“It is time to trust ethical and servant leadership. That is the leadership of the IFP. It is now time to turn frustration into a decision, into hope, into action. And into a vote that gives a mandate for change, and the mandate given to the IFP. On the 4th of November we are not simply voting for a party, we are chosing the kind of local government we want in our lives.”
