Elections2019: David Mabuza, ANC provincial chairperson for nine years until he was elected as the party's deputy president in 2017, has left a big gap in Mpumalanga.
Johannesburg - As the country inches closer to elections next month, various political parties are vying to snatch Mpumalanga province away from the ruling African National Congress since the party's previous provincial strongman is now preoccupied with matters of national government.
"The political competition, if not well handled, has the potential to dishearten some comrades from applying themselves selflessly to the election campaign, thus opening up space for the presence of the ANC not to be felt as it used to be in previous elections." "The ANC ought to be finding ways to act in unity and really pull off a convincing election campaign. However, without a Mabuza and his ability to hold everyone together and use his influence to mobilize resources for elections, the ANC in Mpumalanga might be weakened," Mnguni says.
"So even with a 10 percent loss for example the ANC would still remain in a significantly healthy position. So the ANC in Mpumalanga remains fairly intact and its decline is gradual, leaving the party with prospects of remaining in power comfortably for this upcoming election," Mnguni said. Mnguni says the message for land expropriation might boost electoral prospects for these parties as they might be viewed as tackling issues at the core of people's existentialist dilemmas in the province.
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