'ANC arrogance falls' in by-election

[Nom Chompsky]

So much for Zille costing the DA votes...

The DA retained Pietermaritzburg's hotly contested Ward 32 in a by-election on Wednesday‚ with 53 percent of the vote‚ improving on the 47 percent they got during last year's local government elections.

Despite an aggressive campaign ahead of the by-election‚ the ANC received 44 percent of the vote‚ down from the 46 percent gained in its previous showing.

So significant was Ward 32 in Woodlands that both the DA and the ANC deployed their big guns last week. The results also mean the DA's opposition voice is strengthened in the Msunduzi Municipality's powerful executive committee.

The DA fired first last Monday when it brought out leader Mmusi Maimane‚ who took his #Change19 campaign to the once coloureds-only township.

The ANC retaliated a day later‚ when ANC national executive committee member and deputy agriculture minister Bheki Cele led a legion of three provincial MECs and mayors to the township in a rally styled as a government Human Rights Day commemoration.

The ANC's rally centred around Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's stormy tweet praising colonialism‚ with KZN Finance MEC Belinda Scott saying the remarks made her ashamed of being white.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2017/03/30/ANC-arrogance-falls-in-by-election1

 

[McSack]

The ANC retaliated a day later‚ when ANC national executive committee member and deputy agriculture minister Bheki Cele led a legion of three provincial MECs and mayors to the township in a rally styled as a government Human Rights Day commemoration.

ANC using state resources for party political promotions ... and nobody bats an eyelid because it has become so common-place

 

[hawker]

ANC using state resources for party political promotions ... and nobody bats an eyelid because it has become so common-place

The fact they did this and still lost is telling...

 

[TheChamp]

Chris_the_Brit;19429340]So much for Zille costing the DA votes[/B]...



http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2017/03/30/ANC-arrogance-falls-in-by-election1

Everything's cool then, it seems?

 

[Ho3n3r]

Everything's cool then, it seems?

Jirre. I have no idea how you even get out of bed in the morning with the weight of that massive chip on your shoulder.

 

[TheChamp]

Jirre. I have no idea how you even get out of bed in the morning with the weight of that massive chip on your shoulder.

What now? I've already posted something in the farm murders thread, what more do you want?

 

[Craig_]

The fact they did this and still lost is telling...

People are getting fed up with Jacob nonsense.

 

[Craig_]

Jirre. I have no idea how you even get out of bed in the morning with the weight of that massive chip on your shoulder.

That's quite rich coming from you. You and some friends of you here bring race into almost every second thread, yet you talk about the chips on the shoulders of others.