IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi launched his party's manifesto amid a torrent of rain, recycling its 2016 local government elections slogan, 'Trust us'. He promised good governance and realistic social grants, without any socialism. He also had a special royal guest with an ominous nickname.
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who has led the IFP ever since he founded the party in 1975, should not even have been at the podium railing against the ANC's corruption and socialism as the rain came down in the Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday.
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