Scramble for North West as ANC, EFF, DA all push for election victory

Arguably one of the country’s most hotly contested provinces, the North West has been claimed as the home of the African National Congress and the Economic Freedom Fighters in the lead up to the May 8 general election.

At the North West manifesto launch in Lethobong, Rustenburg, on March 31, Malema told party members: “If you do not bring a new government on May 8, people of North West, you will have yourselves to blame because, in North West, the government of the day is rotten to the core.”“We are not going to lose this province , it is the home of the ANC. We are going to increase our majority. North West is the home of the ANC,” he said.

Recently the mayor of Mamusa, Aaron Motswana, was voted out after six ANC councillors voted with the opposition to unseat him. The North West, or Bokone Bophirima as it is also known, also struggled with its candidate lists, forcing the once formidable ANC to postpone its submission just days before the party’s annual January 8 statement.

Opposition parties have seen the challenges that beset the ANC faces as an opportunity to raise their own profiles and take voters from the ruling party. In the 2014 election, the DA ranked third in North West with 12.73% of the votes compared to the 8.70% it obtained in the 2009 election.

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