The ruling party's support has undergone a steady decline for the past 20 years after former president Jacob Zuma's rule.
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the George Botha Hall in Kleinskool in Port Elizabeth while on te campaign trail on April 14. Photo: ANA/Raahil Sain
The ANC in the Eastern Cape has undergone a steady decline for the past 20 years with divisions being sown after former president Jacob Zuma took over the party reins. Lecturer and PhD candidate in the political and conflict studies department at Nelson Mandela University , Ongama Mtimka, believed the ANC would maintain its majority with relative comfort but not without “dynamic fragmentation”, the rise of smaller political parties posing a slight threat.
According to Kotze, similar moves played out when the city saw the disbanding of the ANC under the leadership of Nceba Faku and the factional battle with former mayor Zanoxolo Wayile that turned the council into a political theatre and brought service delivery to a standstill. “The electorate are looking for a better life, and given the fact that most municipalities in the Eastern Cape do not receive clean audits, as well as the deficits in education and health provision, we may find that the electorate will either cast their vote for another party or stay away from the polls.”
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