There has been a lot of hype in South African politics about the breakaway from the ANC - the Congress of the People (COPE). The promise that it offered to help help break the power of the ANC has however, turned out to be a cracker without a fuse.
The last week we saw the COPE being sued for unpaid printing bills and it losing out totally in by-elections in the Eastern Cape, its supposed heartland. To top it all a new poll was published today that shows COPE to achieve 8% only in the coming elections.
This is very disappointing as we hoped that the COPE would be able to help driving the ANC below its current two thirds majority, unfortunately they seem unable to get going with a proper election campaign in order to compete.
On the other hand the IFP, written off as a has been party, seems to show some promise again in KwaZulu-Natal its traditional power base in taking on the ANC majority in conjunction with the DA.
All of this shows that the major parties in South African politics are still the DA and the ANC competing for the majority of South African votes.
The lesson in all this is that if you want change, you must vote and vote DA!
The last week we saw the COPE being sued for unpaid printing bills and it losing out totally in by-elections in the Eastern Cape, its supposed heartland. To top it all a new poll was published today that shows COPE to achieve 8% only in the coming elections.
This is very disappointing as we hoped that the COPE would be able to help driving the ANC below its current two thirds majority, unfortunately they seem unable to get going with a proper election campaign in order to compete.
On the other hand the IFP, written off as a has been party, seems to show some promise again in KwaZulu-Natal its traditional power base in taking on the ANC majority in conjunction with the DA.
All of this shows that the major parties in South African politics are still the DA and the ANC competing for the majority of South African votes.
The lesson in all this is that if you want change, you must vote and vote DA!
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Hi Fred,
it's me, Jess. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the DA and you.
If you happen to see Bill, Eugene and Patricia on your preparations, please forward my wishes and say hello, will you?
And Good Luck, we'll think of you as we have to campaign for 6 different elections this year.
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