National Freedom Party (NFP) chairperson Mbali Shinga’s threat to use the courts to defend what she calls members’ constitutional rights has drawn a fierce response from the party’s KwaZulu-Natal leadership.
The National Freedom Party (NFP) in KwaZulu-Natal has slammed the party’s chairperson, Mbali Shinga, over what it described as her alleged “childish conduct” and labelled her an “attention seeker” after she warned that she was prepared to take the party’s internal battles to court.
She said she was prepared to go to court as tensions with suspended NFP president Ivan Barnes and the national leadership escalated ahead of the November 4 local government elections.
Shinga briefed the media on Monday, saying she had exhausted attempts to resolve her dispute with the party 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.
