26 August, 2004 26 August 2004 South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party -- a long-time adversary of the African National Congress party, which assumed power after the end of apartheid -- is emphasizing its "center-right" politics and hinting at an ANC defection to the IFP, reports The Mail and Guardian. The more conservative IFP politics, as articulated by national chairperson Ziba Jiyane, who is also a pastor with the Discipline of Christ Church, call for the promotion of abstinence over condom-use, greater fear of God, and "the protection of the rights of the community rather than the individual." What the latter apparently translates to is a criticism of "appointment of women with wealthy husbands in jobs above breadwinners" as something that is "killing families in the name of individual rights." Jiyane's model sounds familiar: "'A mature democracy will have two strong forces -- a centre-left and a centre-right.'"
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