Talk:Inkatha Freedom Party

message: I notice that when the name Gavin Woods is clicked, it goes to a water-polo player instead of the MP. How do we remove the link? Or even better, maybe someone should make a page for this man? After a little research, I discovered he also suffers from polio ( http://www.hsf.org.za/publications/focus-issues/issues-21-30/issue-21/interview-with-gavin-woods/ ) so i think it might be an interesting read. Also to put awareness about his involvment in the arms deal scandal? http://www.info.gov.za/issues/procurement/woods.htm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.203.22.195 (talk) 13:09, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gavin Woods 

message: I am trying to expand this article, mainly focusing on the differences between this book and other accounts (books and otherwise) of South Africa throughout this period. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated on the talk page.BillMasen 13:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Mandela: The Authorised Biography]]

message: The article is far from neutral.  It is in fact quite tendentious, starting with its opening sentence.  (The "Inkatha Freedom Party" was not founded in 1975; as the article itself states, the cultural organization founded by Buthelezi in 1975 was not initially meant as a political party to rival the banned ANC.  Inkatha was only transformed into a political party after the ANC and PAC were unbanned in 1990.)
The article goes to great lengths to avoid mentioning the basis of Inkatha's power throughout the peak of its influence: that is, Buthelezi's position as Chief Minister of the Zulu bantustan and his ties to the apartheid state.  There are plentiful published, scholarly works that document those ties, by John Wright, Gerhard Mare, Carolyn Hamilton, and many others.  (It is not "coincidence" that IFP attacks were tolerated by the police; in much of KwaZulu-Natal, Buthelezi and the IFP had formal ties to the police.)  Also plentifully documented are the threats of violence issued by Buthelezi and other high-ranking figures within the IFP, and the role of IFP's organized "impis" in inflicting violence on peaceful township dwellers in the Rand in 1990-1991, to say nothing of the more widespread violence between Inkatha and the "comrades" in Natal in the 1980s.  In the context of all this, it is disingenuous to imply, as does this article, that the pro-ANC UDF was the prime instigator of violence while Inkatha advocated non-violence.
Jizungu (talk) 19:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article violates Wikipedia's Neutrality policy 

message: What does the name "Inkatha" mean?
--91.7.227.122 (talk) 13:20, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name? 

message: I have flagged the "2009" section for WP:NPOV issues because it seems to adopt to a large extent the IFP point of view. Much of the section simply reports what the IFP says happened, and indeed many of the sources are IFP media statements. I also removed one paragraph about Google results for a particular search, which seems to me to be trying to insinuate a conspiracy, and in any case runs up against WP:OR. - htonl (talk) 16:25, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV tagging of 2009 section 

message: Perhaps when speaking about the IFP-ANC conflict, you could mention the presence of IFP in hostels that lay just outside of predominantly ANC townships. These hostels served as bases for the IFP's fight against ANC. Many human rights violations were committed by IFP inhabitants of these hostels, so I feel like it is a relevant topic when discussing the political party. Ginnysomers (talk) 20:05, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  IFP's Presence in Hostels 

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message: Not being an expert in South African politics I can't fix this myself so I figured I'd just tag it. This page obviously has issues. For a major party, there is an almost exclusive, cherry-picked focus on scandals and section titles like "Worst ever performance"...…. about the year 2009. Ten years ago. --Calthinus (talk) 01:52, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Good day. Sorry for the slow response but I have made some improvements to the article in regards to its neutrality. I removed the specific "2009 election" section as it was outdated and biased. Do you have any comments about the current version of the article? LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 14:42, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: The Inkatha Freedom Party’s program, scope of activities, and influence areas are in line with the characteristics of “localism”. Why should you rollback?周雁棠 (talk) 09:25, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: All ideologies must be sourced! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 14:06, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  About ideology 

message: Why is Inkatha Freedom Party categorized here as Rightwing. It is a moderate nonracial pluralist party for all South Africans  democratic South Africa and is moderate. It would be more accurate to categorize IFP as center right 165.73.24.40 (talk) 19:38, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rightwing