The Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade (IFPYB) in KwaZulu-Natal has called for the removal of all Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) councillors holding positions in municipalities across the province, escalating political tensions ahead of a crucial motion of no confidence against Premier Thami Ntuli.
The call follows the EFF’s support for a motion of no confidence tabled against Ntuli, who is expected to face the vote on Monday, December 15. The motion was brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, with EFF leader Julius Malema publicly backing the move and arguing that the MK Party, as the alleged majority party in the province, should be allowed to form a government.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Sunday, the IFP Youth Brigade accused Malema of misleading the public and misrepresenting the political reality in KwaZulu-Natal.
“The Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade in KwaZulu-Natal calls on EFF leader Julius Malema to desist from misleading the public and from creating false expectations for the MK Party,” the statement read. “Malema made factually incorrect claims that the MK Party constitutes the majority in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature.”
The Youth Brigade emphasised that if the MK Party were indeed the majority, it would be governing the province rather than serving as the official opposition.
“We must remind Mr Malema of basic political reality: if the MK Party were a majority in KwaZulu-Natal, they would be leading the government, not sitting as the official opposition,” the statement said. “Their status as the official opposition automatically means that the Government of Provincial Unity is the majority governing formation in the province.”
The IFP Youth Brigade further clarified that a majority requires more than 50% of the vote, a threshold that no single party achieved in the province during the most recent elections.
“The people of KwaZulu-Natal did not give any single party such a mandate,” the statement continued. “Instead, the electorate expressed a preference for a collaborative and stable provincial administration, which is why the IFP, ANC, DA and NFP came together to form the Government of Provincial Unity.”
In response to what it described as the EFF’s “opportunistic behaviour,” the IFP Youth Brigade announced that it would instruct all IFP councillors across KwaZulu-Natal municipalities to table motions of no confidence against EFF councillors holding positions in local government.
The move signals a widening political standoff in the province, with the outcome of Monday’s motion against Premier Ntuli expected to have significant implications for the stability of KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial and local governance structures.
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