Don’t ignore small parties, they are the kingmakers

Election Posters along Pretorius street in Pretoria ahead of the 1 November 2021 municipal elections, 21 October 2021. Picture: Jacques Nelles

The significance of this segment of governance is the fact that, at the forefront of the campaigns, are the national leaders – you would be forgiven to think that it’s Cyril Ramaphosa, or John Steenhuisen, or Julius Malema who are in the running. In Johannesburg, first under the DA coalition and currently the ANC’s, they wouldn’t govern the metros without Congress of the People, Inkatha Freedom Party, African Christian Democratic Party, Patriotic Alliance, United Democratic Movement, Freedom Front Plus, African Independent Congress and Al Jama-ah.

The IFP and ANC don’t see eye to eye in KwaZulu-Natal, but the IFP kept the ANC in power in Johannesburg. Her sentiment was expressed in the past by the likes of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and even Cyril Ramaphosa himself.

Uma nikhuluma ngesmall party nibala be EFF yini lapho🤷

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