Dear Editors –
With just 21 days to go to the all-important May 8 poll, we would like to advise the media of the IFP President’s campaign schedule from now until May 8.
Tuesday 16 April
15:00 Graduation Ceremony of Minister Naledi Pandor at the University of Pretoria
18:00 Dinner with the Pandor family at their home
Wednesday 17 April
11:00 KwaZulu Natal Manifesto Launch and Rally in Pietermaritzburg
Thursday 18 April
18:00 Maundy Thursday Church Service in Ulundi
Friday 19 April
05:45 Diakonia Council of Churches Good Friday Service and Silent Procession from the Durban Exhibition Centre to the Durban City Hall (Prince Buthelezi will be carrying the cross)
12:00 Good Friday Service in Ulundi
Sunday 21 April
Easter Sunday Service with the family, in Ulundi
Tuesday 23 April
Meeting of the National Executive Committee
Wednesday 24 April
18:30 Meeting with leaders of minority communities in Durban, at Crescent Hall
Thursday 25 April
17:00 Launch of the Nick and Nola Steele Archive at the University of KwaNatal in Pietermaritzburg
Friday 26 April
10:00 Visit to a Cooperative Exhibition, and handover of a community hall and house in Nkandla
Saturday 27 April
Receipt of an Apostolic Blessing from the Pope, in Ulundi
Sunday 28 April
11:00 Rally in KwaMashu
Monday 29 April
Sizonqoba Campaign: Durban – Port Shpestone – Gamalakhe – Umzinto – Scottsburgh
Tuesday 30 April
Sizonqoba Campaign: Pietermaritzburg – Greytown – Umsinga – Stanger
Wednesday 1 May
10:00 Workers’ Day mini-rally in Umfolozi, kwaMthethwa area
13:00 SADESMO rally at University of Zululand Main Campus
16:00 – 19:00 Meeting with multicultural communities in Richard’s Bay
Thursday 2 May
Sizonqoba Campaign: Pongola – eDumbe – Vryheid
Friday 3 May
Sizonqoba Campaign: uMtshezi – Ladysmith – Dundee – Nquthu
Saturday 4 May
Sizonqoba Campaign: Nongoma – Hlabisa – Ulundi
Sunday 5 May
Closing Rally in Ulundi
Monday 6 May
Meeting of the National Executive Committee
Wednesday May 8
Prince Buthelezi will be voting at the Mahlabatini Traditional Court House (time TBC)
Contact:
Liezl van der Merwe MP
082 729 2510
or
Mkhuleko Hlengwa MP
071 111-0539
