Undoubtedly, the IFP appears to be a party associated with a dead man: it continues to grapple with overcoming the late Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s dominant genome ingrained in its DNA.
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At the launch of the party’s election manifesto in Durban last weekend, news headlines highlighted that the IFP “invokes the memory of Mangosuthu Buthelezi”.
However, they mainly focused on T-shirts, berets, vehicle stickers, flags and banners displayed on the stadium tiers. Undoubtedly, the IFP appears to be a party associated with a dead man: it continues to grapple with overcoming the late Buthelezi’s dominant genome ingrained in its DNA.
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