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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The IFP is proposing a participative democracy as an ideology that will guide its delegates to adopt policies to present to the electorate ahead of the 2024 general elections, as opposed to old-fashioned ideas.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s national policy conference, the first in more than a decade, kicked off in Empangeni, northern KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said the party’s policies will be based on the \u201cideology of participative democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe in getting power closer to the people, devolving it to the lowest level of governance, enabling communities to design their own solutions to their unique challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is power in the IFP\u2019s approach of working hand in hand with the people we serve. There is power in partnerships and participative politics. That is where the real work is being done and where results are delivered,\u201d said Hllabisa.While the party’s values are not under discussion, Hlabisa said a thorough review of its policies is important.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolicies must evolve because needs evolve and new challenges emerge that demand solutions. In 1994, nobody was talking about corruption or load-shedding. In 2024, any political party that does not have a solution to corruption and load-shedding has no place on the ballot paper.\u201d<\/p>\n

He criticised leftist ideologies that have informed the direction of the country since democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ruling party\u2019s policies are based on socialism, which has been discredited throughout the world as a recipe for economic disaster. But the ANC clings to socialism, focusing on a National Democratic Revolution instead of focusing on the National Development Plan which could have delivered economic revival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ruling party is not alone in chasing a flawed ideology. For all its rhetoric about being young and relevant, the EFF\u2019s foundational ideology was designed 10 years before I was born. They refuse to move out of the mindset of nationalisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy on earth should we believe the state would run our mines and our banks with integrity when they have run our energy and infrastructure into the ground? Instead of admitting their failure and fixing it, they just keep digging,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he hoped policies adopted by the party would resonate with voters, adding that policies that put South Africans at the centre will draw voters to the IFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot rely on the upswing of support we have received in the past. We cannot even rely on winning the many disillusioned voters of the ruling party unless we invest ourselves in campaigning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI encourage all of us who are present here to mobilise support for the IFP like never before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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