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The SA economy is in trouble, anyway. The elected leader will determine how steep the downward slope is.
It takes strong visionary leadership, with clear views & strategies to effect a turn-around. Has this yet happened in Africa within 30 years of 'independence'?
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The problem with our economy is we have too many professional politicians and a largely unprofessional civil service (at top leadership level).
What we need is more amateur politicians (that actually stand so as to improve our society rather than their personal bank account) and a far more professional civil service.
Hear hear, however our populance do not believe what you are saying.
When asking a first time voter of indigenous descent, why he was voting for the ANC, he reckons, better the devil you know.
What surprised me was that the particular person has been going through our education system, and currently in tertiary education, however has been brain washed by his parents that any other party was being a traitor. Just shows you that there is no understanding of responsibility with the position you are in, nor that a politician is supposed to listen to his constituents.
We are well on our way on this slippery slope to oblivion.
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The days of a pale-skinned comeback, are well & truly over. EFF have done incredibly well & represent the face of the New South Africa. Wait until the next elections. Move over DA!
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Unfortunately any votes that the EFF collected would have been at the expense of the DA, and numbers show it.
Another bad performing party, and almost not even showing a blip is AGANG. The Doc made a huge mistake, retracting her alignment with the DA. Had she continued, she would have been better off, and the DA would have collected many more votes, as it would have brought some more support to the DA.
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Well had the EFF not been there, who would the electorate have voted for then?
AGANG, COPE or DA?
The DA was gaining some momentum with support in the Limpopo area before the EFF started, so my gut feel is that the DA lost some votes to EFF
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The ANC reached it peak in 2004, after which it has gone steadily downhill - losing votes to Left & Centre-Right. The 'Other' parties have been gobbled up. IFP is toast.
It looks like, when given a chance to vote for a party which could give them some hope, the electorate chose to begin migrating away from the ANC.
The next election will be very interesting, as the EFF gains off a populist mandate.
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EFF have done incredibly well & represent the face of the New South Africa. Wait until the next elections. Move over DA!
COPE's first election result, in 2009, was 7.42%. In 2014 they have won only 0.67%. Julius & co. have had a good start, but it's a bit early in the piece to say where things might go from here.
I watched Julius on eNca and he says the plan now (starting today Monday) is to promote the EFF in the rural areas for the next general election and to start now (Monday) to promote the EFF in the urban areas for the Municipal elections.
They are going to buy a truck with sound system for every province and it will be busy all the time, he intends employing promoters full time but they will only be paid if they preform by signing up new members and registering them for the next elections.
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I watched Julius on eNca and he says the plan now (starting today Monday) is to promote the EFF in the rural areas for the next general election and to start now (Monday) to promote the EFF in the urban areas for the Municipal elections.
They are going to buy a truck with sound system for every province and it will be busy all the time, he intends employing promoters full time but they will only be paid if they preform by signing up new members and registering them for the next elections.
He will have to buy a stake in KFC and get huge sponsorship from Coke. Oh yes, and a Chinese sponsor for t-shirts...
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