ANALYSIS: The ANC/EFF deal in Ekurhuleni may cause more internal ructions in the governing party

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This week the ANC and the EFF are expected to try, again, to form what could be their first formal coalition in a Gauteng metro. Last week, they came closer than ever before but, just before a vote was due to be held, they appear to have been unable to ...

It is possible that the ANC may find it difficult to implement coalition deals in which the top positions go to other parties. The process of forming coalitions, not unlike in the other parties including the DA, could put huge pressure on internal dynamics within the party, possibly all the way to the point where it may be difficult to enforce discipline.

While all of this was happening, the leader of the ANC’s Ekurhuleni region, Mzwandile Masina, told TV reporters he was withdrawing his candidacy for the position of mayor. However, just hours later on Thursday morning,Hours after that, the Ekurhuleni ANC still issued a statement saying he had withdrawn. It went on to say this was because they want to allow a “second layer of leadership to emerge”.

It may be important to note at this point that the ANC in that region is led by a person who is perhaps closer to the EFF and Malema than any other party figure. They have publicly indicated that they are friends, and Masina has tweeted his preference for the EFF’s economic policy over that of his own party.This should make it easier for the two parties to work together in this council than anywhere else. And yet, for the moment, it is not yet happening.

This led to chaos in that metro, with allegations that the coalition was held together by simple patronage . Already this may make it difficult for ANC councillors to vote for a party which has insulted them so readily.In Lephalale, Limpopo, the DA was able to take control after ANC councillors there refused to vote for their own candidate. This is because they were angry that a former mayor, Alpheus Thulare, had been forced out of office.councillors repeatedly refused to vote

 

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Another flip flop from the EFF. Their policies seem to be whatever their CIC feels like when he wakes up.

Shameful! The ANC will be remembered not only for its incompetence & destruction of SA’s infrastructure and SOEs in the post-apartheid era, but also for giving Fascists a foothold in actual governance. The complete erosion of integrity in what was once a liberation movement.

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