Chairperson, the IFP today pays tribute to the IFP stalwart Comrade Zenzele Phakathi, who passed away late last week. Comrade Phakathi was the former IFP Youth Brigade chairperson from 1987 to 1999. He was a member of the IFP Youth Brigade national executive committee; he was an IFP Youth Brigade publicity secretary. He was a former IFP Youth Brigade provincial chairperson. Comrade Phakathi was the chairperson of the national youth development forum and he was also the co-founder of the IFP Alliance Student Movement, Sadesmo. He was a former chairperson of the youth commission in KwaZulu-Natal.
We pay homage to an honourable servant of our party and a man whose dedication and commitment to serving our nation and our young people, in particular, was exemplary. Comrade Phakathi was a great politician, a man of integrity and honour. He will be sorely missed.
The IFP will forever treasure the contribution that Comrade Phakathi made to the struggle of youth development in South Africa. Comrade Phakathi was a youth development activist and he strongly believed that youth development should focus on education and training, job creation and enabling young people to realise their full potential.