{"id":963940,"date":"2024-07-02T07:27:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T07:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=963940"},"modified":"2024-07-02T07:27:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T07:27:23","slug":"ifp-appeals-to-anc-da-in-gauteng-to-find-one-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/ifp-appeals-to-anc-da-in-gauteng-to-find-one-another\/","title":{"rendered":"IFP appeals to ANC, DA in Gauteng to find one another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in Gauteng says it is disappointed by yet another postponement of the announcement of a provincial executive last night.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after negotiations between the African National Congress (ANC) and Democratic Alliance (DA) deadlocked yet again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/lesufi-to-announce-new-gauteng-mecs-today-following-a-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi is today expected to announce those who will occupy MEC positions<\/a> in the government of provincial unity.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng IFP\u2019s Alco Ngobese says, \u201cWe are very disappointed. People are anxious out there in Gauteng. They want to see the government working. There are a lot of service delivery issues that are there. We also want to appeal to the ANC and DA to find one another as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">VIDEO | Political Analyst unpacks the ANC, DA deadlock in Gauteng:<\/h4>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KDySqR6XRLo?si=p0J1EMAtVzTwti26\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>New cabinet<\/h4>\n<p>Meanwhile, the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the appointment of some of its senior leaders to form part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/president-ramaphosa-unveils-gnu-32-ministers-43-deputy-ministers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s new cabinet<\/a> in the 7th administration.<\/p>\n<p>Party President Velenkosini Hlabisa has been appointed Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister, while his deputy Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi is the new Public Service and Administration Minister.<\/p>\n<p>IFP Spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa has been appointed as the Transport Deputy Minister, while the party&#8217;s Treasurer, Narend Singh, is the new Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Deputy Minister.<\/p>\n<p>IFP Chairperson Thami Ntuli says these members have the expertise needed for their new deployments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the IFP to be playing a role in crucial portfolios in the national legislature, I think it will enable us to find expression on the vision that we had about our country as inherited from Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, as we have a plan on how to solve the problems that are facing the people of South Africa,\u201d says Ntuli.<\/p>\n<p>-Additional reporting by Fanele Mhlongo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFP in Gauteng disappointed by yet another postponement of announcement of MECs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":963941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,45],"tags":[246,234,243,440,248],"class_list":["post-963940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections-2024","category-politics","tag-anc","tag-da","tag-gauteng","tag-ifp","tag-panyaza-lesufi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/963941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}