IFP

Instead, the ANC could try to offer the DA and IFP a deal that would see the three parties governing jointly at national level, and in KwaZulu-Natal.

In a sign of residual hostility, a group IFP supporters tried to drown out President Cyril Ramaphosa's eulogy, by singing struggle-era songs and chanting: "He is not our president".

The Zulu chief stepped down as IFP leader in 2019.

Buthelezi founded the IFP in 1975 and it became the dominant force in what is now KwaZulu-Natal.

He founded the IFP in 1975 and it become the dominant force in what is now KwaZulu-Natal province.