Magwaza-Msibi, who served as deputy minister of science and technology in former president Jacob Zuma's executive between 2014 and 2019, died of cardiac arrest on September 6. The 59-year-old had been ill and was admitted to a Durban hospital.
“We have done enough ground work and we are convinced that we will do well as the NFP in this local government election,” said the party’s secretary-general Canaan Mdletshe, in an interview with Newzroom Afrika at Elandskop outside Pietermaritzburg on Sunday.
Magwaza-Msibi, who served as deputy minister of science and technology in former president Jacob Zuma's executive between 2014 and 2019, died of cardiac arrest on September 6. The 59-year-old had been ill and was admitted to a Durban hospital. The NFP is one of many political parties who are criss-crossing the country on day two of the voter registration weekend with hopes of mobilising South Africans to vote on November 1 when the country goes to the polls.
The party, which failed to stabilise after Magwaza-Msibi suffered a stroke in 2014, was dealt another blow in 2016 when it missed the Electoral Commission’s deadline to pay for the registration fee to allow it to contest the elections.
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