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R13... said:
Why? Mashaba is not in the DA and doesn't owe the DA anything. Mind you he's a racist a-hole given to believing fake news. Voters voted for him not Zille.
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Mashaba is the leader, so any alliances ASA enter into has to have his nod or he can walk away,

Mashaba makes his position clear: he will not work with Helen Zille. Rob and Zuks question him on his fallout with the DA, his conditions for coalitions and what that means for the fight to govern Joburg

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PODCAST: Herman Mashaba tells Sharp Sharp: Helen Zille is the red line | Financial Mail

How will ActionSA leader turn his promises into action?
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TheChamp said:
I am very positive about it, the DA is stuck, only being helped by the turnout of its voters compared to the black voters. All the growth that has happened in municipalities oy amounts to a 3% growth nationally, even when the ANC is at 31%.

Going towards the national election, the DA remains one of the parties I don't have to worry about.
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Your party will bleed more votes after Cyril is gone.
 
TheChamp said:
Unfortunately the voters have no power now, so the parties will decide what they want to do and do it.

Also it's not the first time a party get most votes and they don't get the Mayorship, in 2016 and 2021 the ANC was in the same position and all the parties ganged up to keep them out, if Zille doesn't get the position, it wouldn't be any injustice we haven't seen before.
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Unlike the ANC who did not announce who their mayoral candidate was, the DA made it well known. Do you think the voters voted hoping the DA would win but get rid of Zille.
 
TheChamp said:
Desperation from the Desperate Alliance. What is notable is the arrogance and entitlement even in such desperation.
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The question is; has the ANC humbled themselves with the massive loss of support?

Or.. have you, like the many rats abandoning ship crossed the floor to ASA?
 
TheChamp said:
What's wrong with that though? I am sure the DA would take all the metros if they could, so if Mashaba can get both Tshwane and Joburg without the DA, what is the problem? Why is it arrogance and not just politics?
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I can guarantee you now, Champ, that if this was the DA with such demands you would be the first to peacock here on how they’re arrogant and desperate.

I know you have jumped from the sunken ship that is the ANC to ASA and your Herman is your new bestie.. but do try keep the double standards at bay.
 
TheChamp said:
We are good, at peace with the choice the people of Joburg have made, we are sitting back
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this is the exact problem with the not so grand liberation movement.

the populace spends hours and hours to be seen by a doctor in an underfunded and understaffed state health facility, only to be told there are no funds for all the medication that may be required to treat that patient.

the same populace can no longer go on holidays to visit families in far away cities. they could once use long distance passenger trains that were cheap, reliable and safe.
now they need excessive funds to fly, or risk death on the roads.

many of the same families live in the very same conditions now, over a quarter of a century later under anc rule, as they did under apartheid rule - no running water, sewer systems or electricity

they watch on as anc cadres line their pockets in a festival of looting & pillaging - and a carnival of plundering state resources.

they watch on as cadres force commuters out of their way in their armed motorcades.

the people watch on . . . .

all the while, the anc remains tone deaf ignoring the fact that the populace - and their own constituents, have grown tired of the conduct of the anc.
as each and every election comes along, so do the people turn further and further from the anc.
with it's head in the sand like an ostrich, the anc clings to the old glory days singing tired revolutionary songs, & labouring under the delusion they are still owed everything.
perfect example, ignoring the current state of things, but instead fixating on the past:
"Remember what the ANC has done for you before you vote" Gwede Mantashe
 
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rietrot said:
If you want the coalitions with ASA give them PTA for jhb and Ekurhuleni.

The DA cannot go into this thinking all mayor positions belong to them because they got 40% for that they needed 50.
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I have a problem with this, voters in PTA now have to be satisfied with not getting what they voted for since it is acceptable to horsetrade your vote to get something in a different city.

Nom Chompsky said:
Why should the DA give the mayorship to the mayor who was responsible for the Bronkhorstspruit water debacle?
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was ? the whole saga is still ongoing, can still not use the water.
 
biena said:
I have a problem with this, voters in PTA now have to be satisfied with not getting what they voted for since it is acceptable to horsetrade your vote to get something in a different city
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This is how you ended up with Moya in the first place, and how Joburg got the schitstain that's Dada. Unfortunately the egos of these people will not let principles get in the way. If they can work out a coalition framework at national level where the largest party leads that'll go a long way to sorting out this mess. But as it stands there will have to be casualties in some places in order for sanity to prevail in others...
 
porchrat said:
Cape Town just functions better.

Unemployment is lower too. Hovering around 20%.

All the good happening here despite the chaos being caused by the ANC on a national level.
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Went to EC two weeks ago, I'm calm defensive driver but I was swearing all the time while driving there, from crap roads, crazy drivers to livestock on the road. On some roads you are unsure on which side you should drive.
Also I had feeling that people are much poorer.

Regarding services in CT, recycling and garbage bins were replaced within day or two after logging.
Any other issue regarding electricity and water are resolved straight away.
Our water infrastructure is old so breaks often but it is resolved the same day. (I hope one day they replace all pipes)
 
biena said:
I have a problem with this, voters in PTA now have to be satisfied with not getting what they voted for since it is acceptable to horsetrade your vote to get something in a different city.
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It would be a bitter pill but I would rather live with that than both municipalities going into another coalition kleptocracy. If the DA get a solid foothold its just a matter of time before neighbouring municipalities want the same.
 
Priapus said:
I can guarantee you now, Champ, that if this was the DA with such demands you would be the first to peacock here on how they’re arrogant and desperate.

I know you have jumped from the sunken ship that is the ANC to ASA and your Herman is your new bestie.. but do try keep the double standards at bay.
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They are desperate, otherwise you all wouldn't be here saying ActionSA should work with the DA, the desperation is confirmed.
 
B-1 said:
It would be a bitter pill but I would rather live with that than both municipalities going into another coalition kleptocracy. If the DA get a solid foothold its just a matter of time before neighbouring municipalities want the same.
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The municipality that is sacrificed will remember it. Doubt voters will then be forgiving when national elections roll around in 2029 and motivation to punish the culprits allowing the trade will be high as that will be 3 years of loot and plunder.

Neighbor municipalities may want the same having to wait 5 years with ongoing decay can make people think why vote it doesn't matter.

Dangerous game to play.
 
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