You may have voted for a DA promise but may get ANC-style service delivery, instead, from a coalition-based local government.
You may have voted for a Democratic Alliance promise but may get ANC-style service delivery, instead, from a coalition-based local government. Or you may have voted for the DA as an old-style liberal to find your party in bed with ActionSA, with its anti-immigration agenda. The horse-trading which will follow this week’s local government elections means that the policies you voted for have suddenly become highly negotiable.
The horse-trading which will follow this week’s local government elections means that the policies you voted for have suddenly become highly negotiable. But this year’s polls have seen many councils without an outright winner – because people effectively protested by staying away from the polls or voting against “their” party to make a statement.
He said parties that head towards the negotiating table with a list of demands prior to getting into bed with another need to understand that they didn’t win the election.Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance may end of up holding the keys to the throne in Joburg and several other municipalities and they are clear on what they want.
He also said that the party would work with anyone, but they wanted more than just to give their vote. Botha said that they wanted to be part of governing. “And these are the likely coalitions we will see emerging.” The IFP, while closer to the DA in ideals, he said, may under its current younger leadership align itself with the ANC.“The PA are in a strong negotiating position,” said Crystal.
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