But a political analyst says small parties will find the road to victory in Mpumalanga a little tricky.
As the country inches closer to elections next month, various political parties are vying to snatch Mpumalanga Province away from the ruling African National Congress using emotive political campaigns seeing that the party’s previous provincial strongman is now preoccupied with matters of national government.
Independent political analyst Lukhona Mnguni said this was proof that Mabuza’s departure from the province has opened up political competition within the party, and that this could have serious consequences for the ANC in Mpumalanga. While the ANC may be battling its own internal dynamics, new kids on the block are seizing the moment like committees of vultures seeing prey gasping for air, and they are looking at capitalising on this apparent show of weakness.
“The entry of the Economic Freedom Fighters and slight growth of the Democratic Alliance from 2009 to 2014 does indicate that this trend might continue, and with the addition of the F4SD, the ANC could see its support weakening.” One critical issue that captures the imagination of many voters in this election is “expropriation of land without compensation”. Land has proven to be an emotive issue in South Africa, with patterns of land ownership still resembling apartheid spatial setting.
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