The ANC’s internal battles and poor governance in municipalities under its control have caused the dramatic 10% drop in support experienced by the governing party in KwaZulu-Natal.
“There are still a few major voting districts outstanding in eThekwini, but we accept the results,” said Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, the ANC’s provincial spokesperson said. “We are disappointed as we had hoped to at least do as well as in 2014, but under the circumstances we have done reasonably well.” She added that in some areas, the fallout from the battle ahead of the party’s elective conference at Nasrec in December 2017 had continued, which had impacted on the results.
“On the day of the election people in eThekwini didn’t have water. The moment you stop people having water it really affects them. This also contributed to the outcome we achieved,” she said. The ANC in the province also bucked the national trend of lost support in 2014, with its slice of the vote increasing to 65.31% in KwaZulu-Natal.
“We have called on the police to ensure that the matter is properly investigated. Nothing justifies shooting and killing anybody,” Simelane-Zulu said.
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