The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), as a member of the Democrat Union of Africa (DUA), has the pleasure of announcing that DUA, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) will host the Ghanaian President, His Excellency, Dr Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in Johannesburg at the end of April.
DUA is an alliance of centre-right political parties in Africa.
Founded in Dakar, Senegal, in 1997, it is affiliated with the global International Democrat Union. It aims to bring together parties with similar aims and political goals, such as the protection of democracy and individual liberty, from the whole of Africa, to strengthen democracy on the African continent.
DUA met in November 2022 in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, where it elected its new leadership.
DUA under its new leadership will now convene a Conference in Johannesburg to chart the way forward in consolidating and expanding its programmes, vision, and mission on the African continent.
The Ghanaian President will deliver the opening address to the Conference.
Other speakers will include the IFP President, Hon. Velenkosini Hlabisa MPL, and Dr Holger Dix, Head of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Regional Programme, Political Dialogue Sub-Saharan Africa (PolDiSSA).
Date:Â Thursday, 27 April 2023
Time:Â 09:00 (keynote address at 10:10)
Venue:Â Radisson Hotel OR Tambo, Johannesburg
For comment:
Mr Narend Singh MP
Secretary-General: DUA
083 788 5954
Media enquiries:
Ms Megan Dick
082Â 432 1335
Date: 13 April 2023
