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South Africa’s political landscape is currently experiencing some major changes
The ANC has won more than 60% of the vote at every national election since the end of apartheid more than two decades ago.
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DA mayoral candidate Athol Trollip has already identified political parties that he wants to charm into a coalition, he said on Friday. “There are seven other opposition parties and then the EFF with six seats and the ANC with 50”, Trollip said, adding he also plans to include the former “as they are going to be a very effective opposition to keep me and my team on our toes”.
With 100% of voting districts declared, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has clinched the Nelson Mandela Bay metro with 46.71% of the votes.
The DA was also narrowly ahead in the economic hub of Johannesburg, and the two parties were on par in Tshwane, home to the capital Pretoria.
Yet local elections this week have shown a shift in South African society and politics, which have been dominated by race since Mandela swept to power in 1994.
The election has been described as akin to a referendum on the ANC’s scandal-prone leadership, and its failure to grow the economy and create jobs.
In an interview with eNCA thereafter, the ANC’s Jackson Mthembu said they had withdrawn the complaint because they realised it had little chance of success and they were satisfied that votes had been correctly counted after consultation with the IEC.
For the first time the ANC lost control of a majority-black city in Nelson Mandela Bay.
The election also represents a political renaissance for the DA, which previous year elected its first black leader, Mmusi Maimane, as part of its efforts to shake off its image as a party that mainly serves white interests.
Deputy chief electoral officer Simon Mamabolo said the marked papers found in Nelson Mandela Bay were in the “custody” of the IEC and there was no cause for alarm.
According to the latest results, the DA has 62.84% of the votes in the province, followed by the ANC with 26.54% and the EFF with 2.84%.
“We want our lives to improve and that hasn’t happened since 1994 when there was so much love for the ANC”. In Alexandra, a township in Johannesburg where the ANC’s beloved leader Mandela once lived, black voters who had supported the party for years said they had finally given up and wanted to see whether another group could do better.
Is Zuma a liability for ANC?
The ANC has conceded defeat in Nelson Mandela Bay after initially saying it was going to challenge the result.
We will study the results in detail and where it is possible for us to govern a municipality through a coalition, we will do so in the interest of the people of the Province.
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The next general elections are due in 2019 but Zuma can not stand for a third term as president.