Nelson Mandela Bay is an impossible race to call
DA leader John Steenhuisen and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga walk through Helenvale, Gqeberha, accompanied by a band as the party launches its election manifesto for the metro on October 4 2021. Picture: EUGENE COETZEE
Helen Zille, the DA federal chair, has relocated to the city for the three weeks that are left before the election on November 1. In 2016, the DA narrowly missed an absolute majority and it does not want a repeat of the coalition disasters that followed. It is hoping for outright victory — a tall order — which will depend very much on turning out the northern areas to vote.
On his visit to Nelson Mandela Bay last weekend, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa attracted large, enthusiastic audiences in black African and mixed areas. His message that “there has been no delivery here since the ANC was in power” resonated strongly, as those areas feel badly neglected by the DA. The ANC candidate this time around was chosen by the community in a community meeting and not by the ANC. At the time he was not even an ANC member.ANC Eastern Cape chair and premier Oscar Mabunyane says that this is what has given the ANC hope.
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