ElectionResults “People were looking for a champion who would say straight out that we are not going to allow [expropriation of land without compensation].”
In fact, with still 60% of the votes to be counted, the FF+ already has more votes than it garnered in the election five years ago.
The FF+ celebrated on Thursday afternoon when it hit the 182,000 vote mark, compared with the 165,715 votes it received in 2014. This translated to voter support of just under 3%, up from the 0.9% of 2014. FF+ chair Anton Alberts said he believed the support was because of the party's stance on land reform.
"You must remember when the ANC talks about changing section 25 of the constitution, it means all property rights," he said.He says the DA tried to be “everything to everyone” and this drove some voters from that party to his.
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