IFP, SOWEJOCA IN ALLIANCE FOR ELECTIONS

JOHANNESBURG Sept 14 Sapa

The Inkatha Freedom Party West Rand branch and the South
Western (Johannesburg) Joint Civic Association on Thursday
announced they would join forces for the local government
elections.

The alliance will concentrate on wards in greater Johannesburg
by drafting a combined list of candidates for the transitional
metropolitan council and substructures, IFPregional chairman
Humphrey Ndlovu and SOWEJOCA chairman Basil Douglas said in a joint
statement in Johannesburg.

The candidate list had been drafted and would be ready for the
noon deadline on Friday, Ndlovo said.

Apart from a general manifesto, several mini manifestos would
be drafted for different wards to better address communities'
needs, Douglas said.

"We are very proud of this pact as it is the first time a civic
organisation will be on equal footing with major political
parties," he added.

"This is true non-racialism in action."

Douglas said the IFP was the only political organisation
willing to give the coloured community space.

SOWEJOCA would not register as a party, but the colours of the
IFP emblem on the ballot papers would be changed to also represent
the civic organisation.

Douglas will be a candidate for the southern metropolitan
substructure as well as for the TMC.