Through cooperation deals with the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters announced on Wednesday‚ the Inkatha Freedom Party is likely to end up running 14 municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal‚ which includes three district municipalities.IFP national executive committee member Narend Singh said that after meeting all parties‚ the IFP had decided to work in cooperation with the DA and EFF in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.“We are not forming any coalitions‚ and each party will maintain its own identity. But our councillors will work together at local level‚ in various municipalities‚ to ensure that the will of the electorate is respected‚” Singh said.As announced by the EFF on Wednesday afternoon‚ he added‚ the EFF would vote for the IFP in KwaZulu Natal to govern hung municipalities. The DA would also support the IFP.“Accordingly‚ the IFP is likely to govern an additional five local municipalities through this cooperation‚ and three district municipalities. This is in addition to the 6 we won on August 3‚” Singh said.“This is a significant victory over the ANC‚ and acknowledges that through these elections the IFP was restored as the biggest opposition to the ANC in KwaZulu Natal‚” he added.Singh said the IFP’s cooperation with the DA and EFF would be extended to Gauteng.“The EFF has indicated that they are not interested in positions‚ but rather in a stronger cooperation in the administration of municipalities. We will thus work together in municipal councils after they are established.“The IFP‚ DA and EFF agree on the principle that every citizen must be served by local government‚ regardless of which political party they support. How we cooperate in each municipality will thus not be driven by politicking‚ but by how it can attain those goals of good governance‚ service delivery and a clean administration‚” Singh added...