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Today the EFF is King of the SA Jungle!

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Today, the EFF is King of the South African political jungle.. The Economic Freedom Fighters will either end several hung councils by announcing who they will be forming coalitions with… or they will force minority governments closer to democracy than they’ve ever been before. This is the EFF’s moment, the payoff for their media brashness and repeated Parliament disruptions. Love them or hate them, politics, like much of our lives, needs rebels…. …but because this is politics, hypocrisy abounds too, the ANC and DA undoubtedly having spent the past week … Read the full article…

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Knysna: Democratic Alliance Coalition With Velile Waxa

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“In Knysna, we went into a coalition with an independent candidate, Velile Waxa, who won a ward in Knysna, so that would give us an outright majority that would ensure that we build on the previous five years.” Those are the words of Jaco Londt, the DA’s Eastern Region Manager, as published on the website of Eyewitness News. Initially, the DA announced they’d won the 2016 Knysna Municipal Elections but once the results were finalised the town was faced with a hung council. Choosing a coalition partner was simple in … Read the full article…

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DA Loses Plettenberg Bay by 21 Votes

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The Democratic Alliance (DA) must be crying in many ways. They lost Bitou Municipality, what most still call Plettenberg Bay, by only 21 votes. The Active United Front (AUF) must be smiling. Initially, the DA looked to be the winners. After all, they had won 1427 more votes than the ANC. Like Knysna, their nearest neighbour, they also falsely announced the win. BUT THE DA WERE 21 VOTES SHORT of winning a 7th councillor seat which would have given them total control of the town. Instead, Bitou squats with a … Read the full article…

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Knysna's Hung Council: Kingmakers & Mistakes?

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What went wrong for the DA in Knysna? How did they drop from dictatorship joy to hung Council? Firstly, credit must go where it’s deserved. Donovan Pofadder was the DA’s big surprise. They worked hard to win the new ward but i don’t believe that they could’ve expected it. Pofadder spectacularly clinched the 6th win for his party. With the DA at 6, ANC 3, COPE 1, an independent 1, it seemed as if the DA would take at least 5 of the 10 PR seats that were waiting to … Read the full article…

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