[I can’t help wondering where Jiyane, who launched these bizarre attacks on Buthelezi suddenly finds the funds to start a new political party. This merely adds to my previous suspicions and commentary that he is nothing more than an ANC agent. Jani Allan recently made the same suggestion, and this type of thinking definitely exists in the IFP itself. It remains to be seen, how much harm he actually is capable of. I would suspect, that if he is truly an ANC agent, that he will be given lots more positive media coverage, and his allegations will continue to be thrown around in the media. It could be that there is a long term campaign behind him, secretly funded by the ANC, so that he can do as much damage as possible to the Pro-Western, pro-Capitalist Zulus. It could be, that in the long term he will do real damage to the Zulu cause. If so, there is little we can do about it. One hopes that not all the Zulus will fall for it – but we will have to see.

However, much as the ANC may want to foment a split in the IFP – the fact remains that there IS a big split in the ANC itself. The battle between Zuma and Mbeki is far from over. It is not mentioned in the media, but the battle lines are clearly there, and the Internal war in the ANC will be fought out over the next 2-3 years. So… as I have said many times… the ANC does not have everything its way, all the time. The ANC also faces many problems. The ANC’s position may be strong, but I think it will in the long term grow weaker. I think the ANC’s Grand Strategy has its weaknesses.

The long struggle is far from over. Indeed, it is still in its early phases. Jan]

Suspended Inkatha Freedom Party chairperson Doctor Ziba Jiyane resigned from the party on Thursday.

In his one-line resignation letter addressed to the party’s secretary general, Musa Zondi, Jiyane said:” I hereby write to resign from all official positions and from the membership of the IFP with immediate effect.”

On Friday, his personal assistant, Phumlani Khuzwayo, said Jiyane will make an announcement on his political future in Durban on Saturday.

“Reports that Jiyane is going to start a new political party are all false.

“We haven’t made any announcements yet. We have only sent out invitations for this event at the Edward hotel in Durban at 11am tomorrow [Saturday],” said Khuzwayo.

Jiyane was suspended from the IFP at the end of July because the party said he had brought its name into disrepute at an “unauthorised rally” where he said it was operating as “an internal dictatorship”.

In a statement following his suspension, the party said it resolved to “suspend Dr Jiyane as the party chairperson with immediate effect and refer the case to the party’s disciplinary committee and prohibit him from participating in any activities of the party pending the outcome of the disciplinary hearing”.

The national council said Jiyane’s speech had been “universally regarded as a bid for the leadership of the party”.

It also criticised him for saying the IFP national council was an undemocratic body and not legally constituted.

Following his suspension, Jiyane said he no longer believed there was a future for him in the IFP and was considering his options, which included starting his own party or joining another. — Sapa

Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
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