Overview

• At the Jabulani Amphitheatre in Soweto, the party held the second leg of its 50th‑anniversary celebrations following a main event in Ulundi in March.
• Hlabisa proposed reserving at least 80% of jobs in companies for South Africans, casting it as a pathway for youth, women and small enterprises to prosper.
• He pledged a crackdown on illegal immigration while saying the party supports legal migration to meet skills needs.
• Framing the event as a soft campaign launch in Gauteng, the IFP sought urban gains and pointed to its council seats in Johannesburg (7), Ekurhuleni (3) and Tshwane (1) as footholds in coalition politics.
• The party promised to fix dysfunctional local government through digitisation and professionalisation of the public service and transport reforms, praised its role in the GNU, and rejected claims of factionalism as it delays its elective conference.