Elections: Get ready for parties’ big guns

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Thabo Mbeki is on a rescue mission for the ANC as it’s believed that he may be party’s best chance to take KZN and Gauteng

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

is on a rescue mission for the ANC as it’s believed that he may be party’s best chance to take KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.Pre-election predictions gathered from surveys have the ANC losing ground to opposition parties, especially in former president Jacob Zuma’s backyard, KwaZulu-Natal. Zuma’s new uMkhonto weSizwe party is gathering momentum, which is why Mbeki was campaigning for the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng at the weekend.

“The people of SA must participate in a process of determining the future of this country.” Fear of losing voters has forced the ANC to bring in the big guns. Political science professor Dirk Kotzé said: “In opinion polls, he is quite popular as one of the political leaders or statesmen in South Africa. The ANC sees an opportunity to use that popularity for its benefit.

 

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