Opposition parties have seen the challenges the ANC faces as an opportunity to raise their own profiles and take voters from the ruling party.
Arguably one of the country’s most hotly contested provinces, the North West has been claimed as the home of the African National Congress and the Economic Freedom Fighters in the lead-up to next month’s 8 May general election.
“If you do not bring a new government on May 8 people of North West, you will have yourselves to be blamed because in North West the government of the day is rotten to the core,” Malema told party members at the North West manifesto launch. Rustenburg is the only hung municipality in North West, which the ANC controls through a coalition with Botho Community Movement , African Independent Congress and Freedom Front Plus.
He resigned in May 2018 as the premier of North West after people called for him to vacate office in mass protests. Job Mokgoro replaced him in June as premier. “The steps that we have taken and are continuing to take in this province, both at the level of the organisation and the government, are informed precisely by the seriousness with which we are self-correcting.”
“Before it was 13 and 14 percent, it was very low, but we are very positive this time around of what is happening in the province it is possible for us to reach 22 or 24 percent.”
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