First election results in

Nerfherder said:
Yes.

But not sure how many seats it takes to impeach... I assume its at least 50%
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Removal of President.-( 1) The National Assembly, by a resolution adopted with a
supporting vote of at least two thirds of its members, may remove the President from office
only on the grounds of-
(a) a serious violation of the Constitution or the law;
(b) serious misconduct; or
(c) inability to perform the functions of office

Not a **** going to happen.
 
Unhappy438 said:
Im not so sure about that, i think going from where the EFF currently is to where the DA is, is much more difficult. COPE and the IFP are examples of that.
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True, but white people have limited options on who to vote for, it's not like they will vote for VF, so the DA didnt have much to do to keep the white vote. The coloured vote was pretty sealed when they merged with the ID and ANC disintegrated in the WC with the black-led ANC faction of Skwatsha fighting with the coloured led faction of Fransman. So they only really had to focus on the indian vote in KZN, which I think they did well, and they had to fight for the black vote. In all probability, the EFF had more black votes than the DA did, and that is not good enough, taking into account the ad campaigns, favourable media coverage, WC good-story angle, etc.

The DA is in a tough situation now, because they can't grow their coloured base anymore so they really have to make a push for the black vote. Will they relent on their tough EE stance and risk losing whites? I think they have no choice if they want to rule the country. And remember Zuma is leaving, and the next guys in line are scandal free, and in Ramaphosa's case have very good credentials to attract minority votes. So it's not gonna easy for the DA moving forward.
 
MKFrost said:
I agree, the additional 1 million votes is only around 5% of the total votes, I would have liked to see them at a total of 25% this time round.

But with that said, they are in a better position now and will have the opportunity to possibly take more municipalities and by doing so most probably change the 'hearts and minds' of those people which should in turn [hopefully] result in them being able to pass the 30% mark in 2019.
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They have to take PE in the municipal elections, and it seems Joburg is up for grabs as well, but they have a small chance with Tshwane. Failure to win any of this will be catastrophic. Voter fatigue is real, and people can't keep voting for u when they see that you don't have a chance of winning big. Very soon the WC story will get tiring.
 
They say on the radio Western Cape have posted final results. Counting is finished. Remains under DA control!
 
A fact that should also be remembered, winning seats for the EFF is a double edged sword.

The people who voted for them did so as they agreed with what Juju said he wanted to do. Juju is now in power, according to them as he is in parliament, and will expect some of those promises to materialize now. Most do not understand that he will only have X% say in how the country is run and will expect things to 'start happening' now.
 
rza said:
They have to take PE in the municipal elections, and it seems Joburg is up for grabs as well, but they have a small chance with Tshwane. Failure to win any of this will be catastrophic. Voter fatigue is real, and people can't keep voting for u when they see that you don't have a chance of winning big. Very soon the WC story will get tiring.
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Agree 100%. I also think this is sort of the DA's last chance to make a drastic move and failure to show some 'serious' inroads being made might lead to some DA voters starting to look for an alternative opposition party to support.
 
Does anyone know if the DA is planning on electing a new party leader?
 
Just a side note...

You all do realise that we [the taxpayers] will from now on be paying Juju's ±R900,000 a year salary seeing as he will now be a member of parliament.......

And people speak of the American dream........they should come to South Africa where a F in woodwork will earn you close on a million a year......

EDIT: Sorry, his package will be just over a million seeing as he is a leader of a minority party.
 
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MKFrost said:
Just a side note...

You all do realise that we [the taxpayers] will from now on be paying Juju's ±R900,000 a year salary seeing as he will now be a member of parliament.......

And people speak of the American dream........they should come to South Africa where a F in woodwork will earn you close on a million a year......
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Democracy for you :erm:
 
MKFrost said:
A fact that should also be remembered, winning seats for the EFF is a double edged sword.

The people who voted for them did so as they agreed with what Juju said he wanted to do. Juju is now in power, according to them as he is in parliament, and will expect some of those promises to materialize now. Most do not understand that he will only have X% say in how the country is run and will expect things to 'start happening' now.
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Nah, not really. He's not in government, so they won't really expect much on the actual delivery front.
 
MKFrost said:
Just a side note...

You all do realise that we [the taxpayers] will from now on be paying Juju's ±R900,000 a year salary seeing as he will now be a member of parliament.......

And people speak of the American dream........they should come to South Africa where a F in woodwork will earn you close on a million a year......

EDIT: Sorry, his package will be just over a million seeing as he is a leader of a minority party.
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makes me want to vomit
 
MKFrost said:
Just a side note...

You all do realise that we [the taxpayers] will from now on be paying Juju's ±R900,000 a year salary seeing as he will now be a member of parliament.......

And people speak of the American dream........they should come to South Africa where a F in woodwork will earn you close on a million a year......

EDIT: Sorry, his package will be just over a million seeing as he is a leader of a minority party.
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Jeff Dunham earns more than that.

Just look at the entertainment value :)
 
MKFrost said:
Just a side note...

You all do realise that we [the taxpayers] will from now on be paying Juju's ±R900,000 a year salary seeing as he will now be a member of parliament.......

And people speak of the American dream........they should come to South Africa where a F in woodwork will earn you close on a million a year......

EDIT: Sorry, his package will be just over a million seeing as he is a leader of a minority party.
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Dis om van te braak..

Well if you take Zuma with std 5 and he is freaking president...
 
satanboy said:
wtf
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It's okay to talk about race, nothing wrong with that. It's a fact that around 90% of white people vote for DA, and they despise VF because it's backwards thinking, and they despise ANC for various other reasons.
 
MKFrost said:
Just a side note...

You all do realise that we [the taxpayers] will from now on be paying Juju's ±R900,000 a year salary seeing as he will now be a member of parliament.......

And people speak of the American dream........they should come to South Africa where a F in woodwork will earn you close on a million a year......

EDIT: Sorry, his package will be just over a million seeing as he is a leader of a minority party.
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May 26 will see whether we pay his salary or not.

I'm leaning more towards not.
 
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