ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed a frenetic electioneering schedule as the face of the governing party’s renewal for better governance and economic growth. Many, including previously disenchanted ANC supporters critical of the scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma presidency, argue that giving Ramaphosa a “convincing mandate” through the ballot would allow him to continue cleaning up – both government and party. And it would avoid Ramaphosa being removed post 8 May as part of the pushback.
All the ANC needs to govern is 51%. That’s a majority and that will do very nicely, thank you very much, even if political egos would be left bruised. The argument on the other side of the body politic has the DA maintaining the 8 May vote must be used to strengthen the opposition, by which it means itself, as a counterbalance to the ANC’s behemoth. And a vote for a smaller party would amount to splitting the opposition and thus giving the ANC power in turn.
it is this – with a few upsets, and increased support for the FF+ and ACDP, incumbents retained their seats, although the ANC with a reduced majority while the DA gained support. Much will depend on turn-out on the day, particularly for the ANC that must get its disenchanted voters, and not only from the black middle class, to return to the party fold – and cast their ballots. If the governing party does that, it may yet clinch the province solo. Given the fluidity of voting sentiment, in Gauteng election day will not be done until it’s done.
Notable, however, is the near doubling of support for the ACDP up to 7% in recent months and the FF+ coming in at 1,8% support, or effectively three times the 0,6% it achieved in 2014 elections. These poll numbers, also backed by recent by-election trends, indicate disgruntled voters are looking at options.
Since the 2014 elections the ANC holds 52 seats in the provincial legislature on the back of 64,52% support, against the DA with 10 seats , followed by the IFP’s nine seats and the six seats held by the National Freedom Party given its 7,31% poll five years ago. The EFF holds two seats because of the 1,85% it obtained, and the Minority Front, one.
Across the province, there is some political fluidity: the NFP appears to have been haemorrhaging to both the ANC and IFP, which has seen an upsurge of support while the DA is understood to be confident about boosting its support. This comes in the wake of ANC factional twists and turns — and the lingering impact of the Marikana massacre, when police on 16 August 2012 killed 34 Lonmin miners.
marianne_merten Is this before the ANC have tampered with the votes ?
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
2019 Elections - ANALYSIS: Curiouser and Curiouser – the strange case of the 2019 electionsThis has, by any standards, been a rather strange election campaign by the major parties. The ANC is riven with factionalism, the DA spends its time attacking other parties rather than putting its own message across, and the EFF is beginning to emerge as a force bigger than just one man, Julius Malema.
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
2019 Elections - Analysis: South Africa’s foreign affairs goes missing in action in the 2019 electionBoth candidates and parties have given short shrift to explaining their positions on South Africa’s crucial foreign and international economic policies, in the about-to-wrap-up national election. But these issues are too important to be left to a couple of lines in the parties’ respective manifestos. At the same time, however, the media may have let them all off far too lightly to address the needs of voters. There is a better way. parkhurst1 How about your own poor foreign corresponding with regards to Palestine? 'A weekend flare-up of violence following several rocket attacks from Gaza...'? What about the daily physical and structural violence inflicted on 2 million illegally imprisoned people? BDSsouthafrica
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
2019 Elections: State of Joburg: Elections looming, Mashaba lauds coalition governanceIf the DA has a chance of governing Gauteng, it’s through a coalition. On Tuesday, Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba lauded the benefits of coalition governance in his State of the City Address (SOCA).
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
2019 ELECTIONS: Regional election observers fear xenophobic attacks while monitoring elections2019 ELECTIONS: Regional election observers fear xenophobic attack while monitoring elections By Peter Fabricius Pfabric PFabric They are exaggerating the issue, if they fear being attacked then they are free not to come to south africa - surely no one is holding a gun to anyone' head. Cheap politicking & it's unfortunate that our weak GovernmentZA IECSouthAfrica won't reprimand them for stereotyping us
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
Elections 2019: It’s all a little below par | Elections | M&GCan President Cyril Ramaphosa bring traditional ANC voters back into the fold, despite the manifest flaws of his own party, and thereby give himself more political room for manoeuvre, to drive his reform agenda more decisively in government? Nothing new, same old lies except the vibrancy of EFF and its position on land and advancing black majority interests With elections boring is good. I'll take a boring election any day. The only party to include any semblance of policy on posters is the DA.
Source: mailandguardian - 🏆 2. / 92 Read more »
2019 ELECTIONS: IEC ready for 8 May as votes from abroad trickle inAs ballots from international voting stations start to trickle in, the IEC says it’s ready for the 8 May general elections and will ensure voters get to the polls even if there are protests or power outages.
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
YouTube
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »
Newsdeck: Elections 2019: ANC, DA losing support in major provinces, according to latest IRR pollThe DA's majority in the Western Cape is under threat, the ANC is losing more support in Gauteng, and the EFF is on a growth path nationally.
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
2019 ELECTIONS: In Eastern Cape, Ramaphosa vows to make South Africa great againIn the Eastern Cape at the weekend it was mostly more of the same with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the campaign trail. But he did veer off script to accidentally quote an American president, and his dad jokes evaporated in the province’s hut-dotted rolling green hills. carienduplessis How do we make our version of MAGA caps and t-shirts? MSAGA doesn't really work. This is the first strongest argument for renaming our country Azania. Make Azania Great Again! That has a nice ring to it.
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »
Elections 2019: ANC, DA losing majority in major provinces, according to latest IRR poll
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »
Elections 2019: ANC, DA losing support in major provinces, according to latest IRR pollBraGrobbies GOOD .. BraGrobbies This now sound like same poll i expected that EFF will grow to 16% nationally and 22% in GP while duslodging ANC in NW BraGrobbies So loss isnt victory the whats your fight once again,Money shows whos our new leader or knowledge span for victorious rule to prevail 'One and one should be served before dishonoured' Lote Tote Fope Pote Boat ,cake boi
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »