Follow the action of today's big polls to decide who governs the country and each of its nine provinces for the next five years.
The ANC is expected to win – but how it wins will be important. If its majority is reduced nationally, it may feel the need to move closer to the EFF on the radical side.
Many are wondering whether an emphatic victory will empower President Cyril Ramaphosa to move against his opponents in the Jacob Zuma faction … or whether it will be business as usual. The EFF is, by all accounts, poised to improve its electoral position – but opinions vary on how well it will do. But what is certain is that it will play an even more influential role after tomorrow.
The DA might fight to hold on to its official position in the face of a strong EFF performance, but the party’s faithful have always been relied upon to come to its aid.Go to your voting station and make your X today. Let’s hope we have a peaceful election. Don’t allow anyone to intimidate, force, harass or threaten you! Let’s have a free, fair and credible election. Let’s all be tolerant.
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