Mondli Makhanya | When the ANC loses power...
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses ANC supporters during the party’s Siyanqoba rally in Thokoza Park in Rockville, Soweto, ahead of the local government elections on Monday. Photo: Rosetta MsimangoThe place is the poster child of municipal dysfunction and maladministration. As greedy ANC factions did war over the past five years, the municipality went through two mayors from the same party and saw twelve changes to the municipal manager position.
Yet, on Monday, 51.58% of voters who turned up at the polls said they wanted more of the same. The EFF and the DA were a distant second and third, with 15.21% and 14.43% of the vote, respectively.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.