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The IFP National Council met in Ulundi on Sunday 22 November and Monday 23
November 2009 and adopted the following resolutions:

1. THE IFP NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON

Noting the ongoing media speculation surrounding the internal developments
in the IFP ahead of the upcoming elective conference, National Council has
resolved:

- to refute the perception that IFP National Chairperson Zanele
kaMagwaza-Msibi is being persecuted within the party;

- to reject speculation, wherever it may originate from, that the IFP
National Chairperson has been under pressure to decline her candidacy for
the party presidency before or during the upcoming elective conference;

- to call upon those sections of the party that are waging a campaign of
destabilisation and disunity in the name of the National Chairperson to stop
forthwith or face the full might of the IFP Constitution and its provisions
against the lack of party discipline; and

- to refocus the internal debate and energy in the party ahead of the
elective conference away from personalities towards the urgent task of
renewing existing and establishing new branches.

2. COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Noting the media speculation that certain IFP Mayors are being targeted for
removal from office for their alleged support for the IFP National
Chairperson, the IFP National Council has resolved:

- to continue to act against maladministration, fraud and corruption and
those responsible in all IFP-controlled municipalities that have been named
and shamed in the Auditor-General's report on municipal performance; and

- to reaffirm the party's commitment to open and transparent government in
all IFP-controlled municipalities in order to ensure effective and efficient
service delivery.

3. REAFFIRMATION OF THE VUKUZITHATHE CAMPAIGN

Noting the growing need to reunite and mobilise the party around a winning
strategy ahead of the upcoming 2011 local government elections, the IFP
National Council has resolved:

- to reaffirm the IFP's commitment to the Vukuzithathe Campaign which seeks
to improve the party's performance in local government, improve the party's
communication of its values and policies at grassroots level and galvanise
the party's support among all sections of the electorate.

4. DEPLOYMENT OF IFP MPs AND MPLs TO MUNICIPAL CONSTITUENCIES

Noting the need to fill an accountability gap created by South Africa's
electoral system of proportional representation, the IFP National Council
has resolved:

- to dispatch all IFP MPs and MPLs to an extensive report-back campaign
along the lines of municipal constituencies to enhance the party's
visibility and promote its interaction with the electorate.

5. APPRECIATION OF IFP PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR TIBET

Noting the recent visit by IFP President Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi to the
fifth World Parlamentarians' Convention on Tibet in Rome, the IFP National
Council has resolved:

- to appreciate the President's continued role as an international statesman
who, faithful to the principles of freedom, religious and cultural pluralism
and human rights, resisted pressure from China and attended the Tibet
summit; and

- to accept the President's view that his moral support for Tibet is not
directed against China and its people.