In early October 1992, the IFP initiated the formation of the Concerned South Africans Group (COSAG), an "unlikely alliance" between the IFP and other black traditionalists – Lucas Mangope of Bophuthatswana and Oupa Gqozo of Ciskei – and the white Conservative Party.
In early October 1992, the IFP established the Concerned South Africans Group (COSAG), a "unusual alliance" involving the IFP and other black traditionalists such as Lucas Mangope from Bophuthatswana and Oupa Gqozo from Ciskei, along with members of the white Conservative Party.