Elections2019: Scramble for North West as ANC, EFF, DA push for victory
RUSTENBURG - Arguably one of the country's most hotly contested provinces, the North West has been claimed as the home of the ANC and the EFF in the lead up to next month's 8 May general election.
"If you do not bring a new government on May 8 people of North West, you will have yourselves to be blamed because in North West the government of the day is rotten to the core," Malema told party members at the North West manifesto launch in Lethobong, Rustenburg on March 31. " We are not going to lose this province [North West], 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 councillor voted with the opposition to unseat him. The North West or Bokone Bophirima also struggled with its candidate lists, forcing the once formidable ANC to postpone its submission to just days before the January 8 statement.
Opposition parties have seen the challenges the ANC faces as an opportunity to raise their own profiles and take voters from the ruling party. Democratic Alliance premier candidate Joe McGluwa said they wanted to reduce the ANC to below 50% of the votes. "It is possible for us to reach 24% of the votes," McGluwa said.
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