Inkatha
- proper noun
- I saw the damage done to some houses and a Catholic church by Inkatha attacks in April 1990.
- Inkatha Freedom Party
- Inkatha Freedom
- Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
Examples
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The present-day KwaZulu-Natal is a highly contested space, both locally as home to the nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party and nationally because KwaZulu-Natal voters blocked the African National Congress from attaining the necessary two-thirds voting majority in the 1994 national election.
Academic text (2005) -
Inkatha has made a public attack on the integrity of President Mandela himself.
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The Department of Military Intelligence was linked to the military training of Inkatha Freedom Party members in the run-up to the elections.
Academic text (1995) -
One other important question is the relation between the ANC and Inkatha.
Academic text (1990) -
Nineteen parties are involved: the ANC, the National Party, and the Inkatha Freedom Party being the most significant.
Academic text (1992) -
attacks by the Inkatha Freedom Party supporters on an ANC rally near Johannesburg has left 13 people dead.
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The SADF, along with the South African Police, had close relations with white extremist groups and also with the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party.
Academic text (1995) -
And indeed, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has recruited a noticeable number of "white Zulus."
Academic text (1998) -
ANC leaders heeded its left-wing faction when the media revealed in mid-1992 the government's financial and military backing of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) vigilantes for purposes of "third force" activity.
Academic text (1996) -
Political violence is way down now that Chief Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party has finally joined the race.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Inkatha comes from the Zulu word inkatha, which means 'a woven grass coil' and was a symbol of 'unity' among people. So the political party chose the name Inkatha to show its members were tied together and acting as one.