IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi says he is ready to step aside and allow a younger leader to take the party forward. Speaking during an exclusive interview with eNCA on Monday, Buthelezi said he has been able to turn around his party after several years of challenges. He said he was pleased by the recent win in the Nquthu by-elections, where all 33 seats were up for grabs. The IFP won 19 seats, to the ANC’s 11. The cherry on the top for the IFP, said Buthelezi, was that the IFP won three wards won by the ANC in the August 2016 local government elections. "The recent Nquthu by-elections were most important in the history of SA. It was the first time that the whole ANC top six, the entire Luthuli House [ANC’s Johannesburg headquarters], went to one place to campaign." He said his party won because it had a simple message for the people of the area, who are tired of rampant corruption and of political parties that visit only to canvass for votes, make huge promises and disappear...
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