{"id":968013,"date":"2024-06-12T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=968013"},"modified":"2024-06-12T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:37:51","slug":"mk-party-invites-ifp-for-coalition-talks-in-kwazulu-natal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/mk-party-invites-ifp-for-coalition-talks-in-kwazulu-natal\/","title":{"rendered":"MK Party invites IFP for coalition talks in KwaZulu-Natal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party has confirmed that it has invited the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) for talks regarding a coalition in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter that the SABC has seen, the MK Party says it has identified similarities between the two parties.\u00a0They include a commitment to restore the dignity of the Zulu Kingdom, fast-track the delivery of basic services, stop corruption and make the province South Africa\u2019s economic hub.<\/p>\n<p>The MK Party garnered the majority of votes in the 2024 elections in the province with 45.35%. The IFP trailed behind with 18.07% and the ANC followed with 16.99%.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has fueled speculation as to which of the two parties the MK Party will choose to enter into a coalition with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party has confirmed that it has invited the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) for talks regarding a coalition in KwaZulu-Natal. In a letter that the SABC has seen, the MK Party says it has identified similarities between the two parties.\u00a0They include a commitment to restore the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":968014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895],"tags":[3060,440,556,974,2280],"class_list":["post-968013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-coalition-in-kwazulu-natal","tag-ifp","tag-inkatha-freedom-party","tag-mk-party","tag-umkhonto-we-sizwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968013","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}