INFP iphume kuhulumeni wobumbano KwaZulu-Natal, iyalela uMbali Shinga ukuba asule
INational Freedom Party (NFP) isimemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi iyahoxa kuhulumeni wobumbano wesifundazwe saseKwaZulu-Natal (Government of Provincial Unity – GPU) ngokushesha, isinyathelo esingaguqula isimo sezepolitiki esivele sibucayi kulesi sifundazwe.
Lesi sinqumo sithathwe emhlanganweni okhethekile weKomidi Eliphezulu Likazwelonke (NEC) weNFP obanjwe ngomhlaka-5 kuJanuwari. Kulo mhlangano, iqembu linqume ukuphuma kulobu bubano bezepolitiki obuhlanganisa iInkatha Freedom Party (IFP), iAfrican National Congress (ANC), iDemocratic Alliance (DA) kanye neNFP uqobo.
Encwadini ebhalelwe ilungu elilodwa leNFP eSishayamthetho saKwaZulu-Natal, usihlalo wesifundazwe uMbali Shinga — ophinde abe nguNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi (MEC for Social Development) — iNEC imyalile ukuba asule kuzo zombili izikhundla zakhe kungakadluli ihora lesi-9 ekuseni ngoLwesine, mhla ka-8 kuJanuwari.
Kule ncwadi, iNEC iveze ukuthi lesi sinqumo sithathwe ngokwemigomo namandla anikezwe umthethosisekelo weNFP, igcizelela ukubaluleka kokulalela imigomo yeqembu, ukuqinisa ubumbano nokulandela isu lezepolitiki elivunyelwene ngalo.
Isikhundla sikaShinga sesibe yimpikiswano enkulu ngaphakathi kweqembu izinyanga eziningi, ngemuva kokuba ephikise imiyalelo yeNFP ngesikhathi kuvotelwa isiphakamiso sokungabethembi uNdunankulu wesifundazwe, uThamsanqa Ntuli, ngoZibandlela. Esikhundleni sokusekela leso siphakamiso, uShinga wavotela ukuhlala kukhona uhulumeni wobumbano wamanje, okwaholela ekutheni isiphakamiso sehluleke. Ngemuva kwalokho wamiswa emsebenzini, elindele inqubo yokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe.
Ukuhoxa kweNFP kusho ukuthi uhulumeni wobumbano ulahlekelwa ivoti elibalulekile ebeligcina iningi elincane esishayamthetho esinezihlalo ezingu-80. Lokhu kungashesha kuholele ekuhlelweni kabusha kwezepolitiki esifundazweni. IMK Party, esekelwa iEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF), isivele iveze ukuthi izophinde izame ukuketula uhulumeni kaNtuli.
Imizamo yokuthola uShinga ukuthi aphawule ayiphumelelanga ngesikhathi kushicilelwa le ndaba. UMongameli weNFP, uIvan Barnes, uthe iqembu lizobamba umhlangano wokwazisa kabanzi ngalolu daba ezinsukwini ezizayo.
