▁Party , p . 5 9 ▁a ▁claim ▁which ▁was ▁made ▁more ▁cred ible ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁party ▁leaders , ▁including ▁Red dy , ▁had ▁been ▁members ▁of ▁government ▁institutions , ▁for ▁example ▁the ▁President ' s ▁Council . ▁Another ▁reason ▁was ▁that ▁Sol id ar ity ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁afford ▁to ▁spend ▁more ▁than ▁its ▁oppon ents ▁on ▁propag anda , ▁although ▁Sol id ar ity ▁claimed ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁all ▁fund ed ▁by ▁personal ▁contributions . ▁▁ ▁Despite ▁winning ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁seats ▁in ▁the ▁Natal ▁province ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁election , ▁Sol id ar ity ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁win ▁enough ▁seats ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁provinces , ▁and ▁formed ▁the ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁People ' s ▁Party . p . 5 9 ▁The ▁two ▁parties ▁had ▁very ▁similar ▁political ▁positions , ▁so ▁that ▁plans ▁were ▁made ▁for ▁a ▁mer ger . ▁These ▁plans ▁were ▁th wart ed ▁by ▁a ▁court ▁action ▁brought ▁by ▁Po oval ing am . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁parties ▁agreed ▁on ▁a ▁coal ition , ▁with ▁two ▁Sol id ar ity ▁members ▁( J N ▁Red dy ▁and ▁Is mail ▁Kath r ada ) ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁Minister ' s ▁Council . ▁Five ▁party ▁members , ▁including ▁Po oval ing am , ▁refused ▁to ▁accept ▁the ▁coal ition , ▁and ▁were ▁susp ended ▁from ▁the ▁party . ▁The ▁coal ition ▁only ▁last ed ▁a ▁few ▁months , ▁however , ▁and ▁dissol ved , ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁differences ▁between