Ten people have been killed in clashes between the two parties in recent weeks(SABC)
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The IFP has committed itself to a peace initiative started by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini to end political violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The party was reacting to comments by NFP leader Zanele Magwaza-Msibi during the inaugural elective conference of the party's youth movement in Newcastle. She accused the IFP of resorting to violence in a bid to survive politically.
The IFP's Blessed Gwala says her comments were out of order. "KaMagwaza Msibi has a problem because the IFP has committed itself to peace. The IFP has lost a number of people, in fact we have lost 22 people in KwaMashu alone and that most people who have been killed in KwaMashu - her members have been arrested for the killing. So for her to speak in the way in which she speaks shows that she is out of order. "
Ten people have been killed in clashes between the two parties in recent weeks.
A week prior to that incident, IFP Ward 39 councillor Themba Xulu was abducted and killed in Mthunzini. His body was found in a sugarcane field in Inanda.
In another politically motivated killing, Cebisile Shezi, wearing an IFP t-shirt, was shot dead near the Thembalihle train station in KwaMashu while another woman was grazed in the face by a bullet. - Additional reporting by Sapa
