Steenhuisen elated about Kouga outright win, mum on his future in the DA as numbers drop

The DA is elated to have retained the Kouga municipality in the Eastern Cape with a majority win in the 2021 municipal elections, party leader John Steenhuisen said on Tuesday.

Asked what the numbers would mean for the party in terms of entering into coalitions, Steenhuisen said he would rather wait for the results to be declared on Thursday.

The party admitted to facing difficulties in governing Johannesburg and Tshwane, which they hoped to win with outright majorities this time around. “We will not go into government with the EFF because our experience with them in Joburg, the fact that they were running the show behind the scenes, put us in a problematic position. They don’t share the values and principles of the DA.

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