Two applications served before me on the opposed motion roll. By agreement both were argued together and the relief sought in both the matters and the grounds for opposition is substantially similar if not identical. In the first application the first three applicants, viz., MR SIMINGAYESONKE WISEMAN MCOYI; MR NHLANHLA GOODMAN KHAWULA and MR SYDNEY THOKOZANI ZULU were former members of the INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY (“IFP”), a political party duly constituted according to law, and the respondent in both the matters. The fourth applicant, MR NTHUTHUKO CROMWELL GUMEDE is a member in good standing of the IFP. They shall be collectively referred to as the applicants in the first application. In the second application, the applicant is Ms VERONICA ZANELE MAGWAZA-MSIBI (“Magwaza-Msibi”), the National Chairperson of the Respondent.