With the community facing daily struggles of water shortage, inconsistent collection of refuse, a problematic sanitation infrastructure and deep factions in the council, the governing party was not sure what to expect from the voters.
Its loss benefited the EFF, which is now the main opposition party in the council after more than doubling its seats – from two PR seats in 2016 to five this week. The Freedom Front Plus swapped a PR seat for a ward seat which it had grabbed from the DA in 2016, leaving the latter with a single PR seat from Wednesday’s by-elections.
The North West government has had its hands full, dealing with a number of struggling municipalities placed under administration. But Mamusa was the one the ANC was most worried about. “Councillors at Mamusa were fighting, literally dragging an administrator out of the office … they blocked interventions.
Amid the election victory celebrations, the party is mindful of the decline in its support. There was a drop in the number of votes it got this week compared to what the party scored in 2016, with a decline recorded in five of the eight wards it won.
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