{"id":92142,"date":"2025-10-28T18:48:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nfp-dissatisfaction-with-gpu-in-kzn-amid-coalition-success"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:16:46","slug":"nfp-dissatisfaction-with-gpu-in-kzn-amid-coalition-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nfp-dissatisfaction-with-gpu-in-kzn-amid-coalition-success","title":{"rendered":"NFP Dissatisfaction with GPU in KZN Amid Coalition Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Despite her political party expressing dissatisfaction with the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU), MEC Mbali Shinga said the coalition government is well.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, National Freedom Party (NFP) president Ivan Barnes released a statement saying the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA) and NFP coalition arrangement was no longer working for the party.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes pointed to what he said was a lack of accountability.<\/p>\n<p>He also indicated the NFP\u2019s endorsement for the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party to be the one running the provincial government.<\/p>\n<p>The NFP\u2019s Mbali Shinga\u2019s one seat in the provincial legislature is as crucial as it gets to determine who constitutes a government in the province where no party won an outright majority in the general polls.<\/p>\n<p>And the recent stance by Barnes, withdrawing support for the GPU in KZN, threatened the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>However, Shinga, also MEC for social development, appeared to have a different version.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just to allay fears within the communities in KwaZulu-Natal and ensure the people of KwaZulu-Natal that the Government of Provincial Unity is intact and we are solid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shinga added that she was continuing with her work and would be part of a cabinet gathering that will take place this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Despite her political party expressing dissatisfaction with the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU), MEC Mbali Shinga said the coalition government is well. 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