Youth aproves of new party.

The National Freedom Party (NFP) logo.
Sourced from www.sabc.co.za 

The new kid on the block The National Freedom Party (NFP), is rising with more and more followers as we are getting closer to the local government elections.

The NFP is a break away party from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and is also the brain child of former IFP national chairman, Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi. kaMagwaza-Msibi served as the mayor of the Zululand District Municipality for over eight years. The party aims to be free from persecution and IFP dictatorship.When kaMagwaza-Msibi left the IFP, she left with a large number of IFP supporters who were in favour of her leadership style.

NFP was launched in February this year at the Curries Fountain Sports Grounds. At the launch kaMagwaza-Msibi talked about the parties 10 step plan to tackle local government problems. The party has only been around for three months but it has managed to get into the heart of the people.

The NFP seems to be more popular amongst the youth as more and more young people have fled from their parties to the warmth of this rising sun. Journalism student Vusimuzi Mkhize said that he will be voting for the NFP in tomorrow's local government elections, because he was not happy with the African National Congress (ANC). "I want to give someone else a chance to try and improve the living standard of my community," said Mkhize.

In KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) the NFP serves as on of the stronger opposition parties for the ANC. This is also where the party has its stronger numbers as the people in this province are more familiar with kaMagwaza here.

As we are only a few hours to elections Vusimuzi Mkhize and other students in his cours are holding their thumbs up for the new party. "I am sure that NFP will win somewhere as the people are tied of empty promises made by their current leadership," said Mkhize.

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Packaged memories

My team member was Nokuthula Wathi.
Our first article was on the money spent by the R.A.F (Road Accident Fund) paying people compensation for accidents that could have been avoided if people where following the rules of the road. We also included some interviews with people who have tried claiming money from the R.A.F.

The second was on life after the accident. We looked what the R.A.F has done to help people who were victims of negligence driving. We also looked at how their lives have changed and how they are coping with all the sudden new changes.

The challenges of writing these stories was when we needed comments from N.G.Os and the R.A.F. Some of the victims also did not want to open up about what happened to them.

I enjoyed doing the second story because I was proud to see some of the things the accident survivors are doing with their lives. They have now accepted their situation and managed to turn a new leaf.

Its good to say that we passed both articles......yea were on the right track.