# The Inkatha Freedom Party president Velenkosini Hlabisa says the return of approximately 200 former National Freedom Party members in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, highlights growing support for the party ahead of local elections. The members including prominent leaders NFP’s National chairperson Sibusiso Mkhabela, secretary general Teddy Twala and party councillors were welcomed to the IFP. Most of the members originally left the IFP in 2011 to form the NFP. Hlabisa says their arrival is a significant vote of confidence in the party’s principled leadership and political vision.
Hlabisa says return of NFP defectors highlights growing support for IFP