THE ruling National Party (NP) of South Africa and the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) seem to have taken advantage of the break in the Codesa talks to develop their small parties into truly national parties. The Inkatha Freedom Party seems to have centred its recruitment on whites so that it can claim to be a non-racial party as opposed to an ethnic-based political movement. The National Party has also been working in the Cape Town region where it has been recruiting Coloureds. Observers also say the success may have gained the ANC a few points against its main rival, the Pan African Congress (PAC). The split within the black political movements would be to the NP’s advantage as it would prolong the status quo.