The IFP has now won four consecutive seats off the ANC in Newcastle in 2024 according to an independent analyst
The IFP took three wards off the ANC in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, to become the largest party in the Newcastle council. Image: @IFP_NationalThe IFP took three wards off the ANC in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, to become the largest party in the Newcastle council. Image: @IFP_National
“The new seat allocation in the 67-seat council is IFP 22 ANC 18 EFF 8 Team Sugar 7 DA 5 Action SA 3 FF+ 1 NFP 1 PA 1 ATM 1. The ruling coalition has 38 of the 67 seats now. The IFP has now won four consecutive seats off the ANC in Newcastle in 2024,” said Wayne Sussman, a political analyst in theSussman said Newcastle is the largest municipality in the Amajuba District and is one of the critical centers of economic activity in northern KZN.
“It was also important to consider voter turnout and whether MK sympathisers might cast their vote for independent candidates in two Newcastle wards,” Sussman added.He said that the ANC ward councillor who served as deputy mayor of Newcastle in the previous council term of office resigned from the council.
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