South Africa’s ANC appears poised to lose its grip on power

 

 

PRETORIA: -- South Africa’s ruling ANC party seems on track for its worst electoral performance in two decades at the helm.

 

Partial results from the municipal vote suggest the African National Congress will lose control of Nelson Mandela Bay – a huge metropolitan area named after the late anti-apartheid icon.

 

The Democratic Alliance – or DA – appears poised to win the area. However, ANCofficials say they will lodge a complaint about an alleged 500 ballot papers found dumped in the area, with votes marked for the party.

 

If the projections prove correct, the party will take the reins in this and one other major city. After 66 percent of the votes were counted in the capital Pretoria, the DA held a narrow lead. With 64 percent in in the economic hub of Johannesburg, the party was tied with the ANC.

 

The swing in voter opinion is judged to be a reflection of rising anger at a persistently high rate of unemployment and a lack of basis services.

 

National elections are due in 2019.

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-08-05

Wrong, it is about voter turn out. This election it seems as if DA supporters turnout in larger numbers and the ANC supporters stayed home. Only when the final votes are known can real analyses start and conclusions made.

Interesting times ahead for South Africans . First time blacks and whites have come together in such numbers.

Where is Nelson Mandela Bay ???  I assume it's Cape Town, which was always a DA strong supporter having a relatively large coloured and white population  Pretoria has one of the largest concentrations of whites.  So relying  on these 2 cities to give  an indication of a DA win is wishful thinking, however good such a result would be for most South Africans.

The ANC leadership is just a black version of the white government that preceded it. They have done nothing for poor Africans.

They deserve to lose.