NFP Chairperson Mbali Shinga has accused the NFP national leadership of weakening the party through suspensions, expulsions and removals, saying internal conflict is distracting from preparations for local elections.
National Freedom Party (NFP) KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Mbali Shinga has warned that she is prepared to take the party’s internal battles to court as tensions with suspended NFP president Ivan Barnes and the national leadership escalate ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections.
Briefing the media on Monday, Shinga said she had exhausted attempts to resolve the dispute through dialogue and would now defend what she described as the constitutional rights of NFP members and elected structures through every lawful avenue available to her.
“The gloves are off, but our weapons remain the NFP Constitution, the law, the courts where necessary, the democratic rights of our members and ultimately the will of the people.
''We are ready to defend legitimate branch nominations, properly constituted candidate processes and members who are targeted not because they violated the rules, but because somebody has decided that their political association makes them undesirable,” Shinga said.
