Willem Phungula|Updated3 hours agoImpasse: IFP and NFP struggle to agree on meeting date for GPU talks

IFP National Chairperson Blessed Gwala has not responded to the NFP to confirm the date of the meeting. The uncertainty over the future of the Government of Provincial Unity’s future (GPU) continues as the IFP and the NFP have to agree on a date for their meeting. The NFP proposed Sunday, but the IFP has yet to confirm or accept this date.

On Tuesday, the NFP acting Secretary-General, Sunset Xaba, said his party proposed Sunday as opposed to Monday; however, the IFP has not responded confirming or rejecting the proposed date. “The challenge is that the IFP, through Blessed Gwala, their national chairperson, has not responded or confirmed the proposed February 15 date, hence we shall take it that they do not want to meet us,” said Xaba. Last week, the IFP wrote to the NFP requesting a meeting on Monday (February 9) or next Monday; however, the NFP wrote back saying it would be unavailable on the proposed dates and requested that the meeting take place on Sunday. The IFP National Spokesperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, had not responded to questions sent to him about why his party had not responded to the NFP’s proposed new date.