How the Freedom Front Plus ate (some of) the DA’s lunch | PieterDuToit
Former DA supporters who voted for the Freedom Front Plus in this year’s election felt alienated by the party, vulnerable in a country where race dominates national discourse and concerned about a future where they believe their culture and identity is being threatened.
Since the party peaked at 424 555 votes for a 2,17% share of the electorate in 1994, it has struggled to make significant impact, dwelling at around 0,80% and 0,90% of the vote since. News24’s election analyst Dawie Scholtz found that DA support in suburban areas decreased from 81,9% to 70,5% of the vote.“We couldn’t be happier,” says Wessels, who is an MP and served as spokesperson to former FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder. “We worked hard to become a home for people who are concerned about minority rights and issues like language. We now have to keep them.”
After the 2016 municipal election it constructed a detailed policy manifesto which laid the basis of their participation in a number of coalition governments across the country, including in the Tshwane metropolitan municipality.
But it was the Schweizer-Reneke drama and Maimane’s Freedom Day in 2018 speech that really galvanised support for the FF Plus. When Afrikaans teacher Elana Barkhuizen was suspended for alleged racism, the DA called for her sacking. But she was returned to the school after the labour court found that she was treated unfairly.
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