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eventREF E-0013305Revised

24 January 1997

Three IFP leaders resign

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Three IFP leaders resign

Three prominent Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders, Frank Mdlalose, national chairperson and premier of Kwazulu-Natal province, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General and Musi Myeni, leader in the Gauteng provincial legislature, resigned from the party. All three were accused of being moderates who favoured compromise. Their resignation during a fifteen-hour meeting of the IFP's national council followed reports of tensions with Inkatha President Chief Buthelezi.

How we know this

  1. 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Three IFP leaders resign. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013305

South African History Online (2011) 'Three IFP leaders resign', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013305 (Accessed: 26 October 2026).

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South African History Online. "Three IFP leaders resign." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013305.

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