JHB - DA, Tshwane - EFF ?

Best thing that could happen. Giving the EFF the position will almost guarantee their hands being quite tied.
 
Yip, if they gave the EFF Tshwane, I doubt I'll vote for DA in local elections again.
 
Not wild about the idea, but How else do you form a coalition in the major Metros?
This gives the EFF something to crow about and yes they damn well better perform. Reality is that the council is still proportional to the vote and the Mayor has to toe the line. Also the EFF will have to demonstrate that they can do better than the ANC in the Metro.

Also it sticks the EFF in the ANC's face in Tshwane. Something they will find hard to get used to.
 
Garson007 said:
Best thing that could happen. Giving the EFF the position will almost guarantee their hands being quite tied.
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Then give JHB to the EFF, leave Pretoria alone. DA won in Tshwane because we the people wanted them to govern, not the fcking EFF.
 
I'm not too averse to this idea.

A DA-EFF coalition, if it works, is a great narrative for SA going forward. We have too much racial division entrenched in our collective consciousness. If the DA and EFF can work together to run something well, it will hopefully start healing that...

And it's not like the EFF will run the city. Council will still be mainly DA councillors.

Take off your blinkers...
 
Sinbad said:
I'm not too averse to this idea.

A DA-EFF coalition, if it works, is a great narrative for SA going forward. We have too much racial division entrenched in our collective consciousness. If the DA and EFF can work together to run something well, it will hopefully start healing that...

And it's not like the EFF will run the city. Council will still be mainly DA councillors.

Take off your blinkers...
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It's more that the EFF is led by a corrupt thug that hasn't actually done anything productive, than anything else.
 
Electron1 said:
Not wild about the idea, but How else do you form a coalition in the major Metros?
This gives the EFF something to crow about and yes they damn well better perform. Reality is that the council is still proportional to the vote and the Mayor has to toe the line. Also the EFF will have to demonstrate that they can do better than the ANC in the Metro.

Also it sticks the EFF in the ANC's face in Tshwane. Something they will find hard to get used to.
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I will rather have the ANC govern Pretoria than the EFF. DA won Tshwane, they lost to the ANC in JHB, now they want to take a metro they did not win, and swop it for a Metro they did win, this is one way of pissing off the hand that fed them.
 
Messugga said:
It's more that the EFF is led by a corrupt thug that hasn't actually done anything productive, than anything else.
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I agree - but he won't be mayor...

The reality is, a tenth of the population voted for him... They get a say.
 
Lament said:
I will rather have the ANC govern Pretoria than the EFF. DA won Tshwane, they lost to the ANC in JHB, now they want to take a metro they did not win, and swop it for a Metro they did win, this is one way of pissing off the hand that fed them.
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Joburg is the economic heart of the country, and is much more important than Tshwane, I'm sorry to tell you. The EFF will NOT RUN Tshwane. The council will. Just under an EFF mayor.
 
Sinbad said:
Yup. But that doesn't affect my point of view in this regard.
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I don't care if your chickens there in JHB sihts golden eggs. We in Pretoria voted DA because we wanted them to govern, DA won, now they want EFF to govern our metro, rather let EFF go fckup your metro and leave Pretoria alone.
 
Lament said:
I don't care if your chickens there in JHB sihts golden eggs. We in Pretoria voted DA because we wanted them to govern, DA won, now they want EFF to govern our metro, rather let EFF go fckup your metro and leave Pretoria alone.
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lol you have a reading problem?
The EFF will not govern the damn metro.
 
It's extremely disingenious for the DA to allow the EFF to get the mayoralty when they only garnered 11% or 12% of the vote in PTA. The mayors in both PTA and JHB has to be a DA candidate if there were to be a coalition with the EFF, IMO.

EFF are the (very) junior partners in any coalition in the DA simply because they got far fewer votes than the DA.
 
Chris said:
It's extremely disingenious for the DA to allow the EFF to get the mayoralty when they only garnered 11% or 12% of the vote in PTA. The mayors in both PTA and JHB has to be a DA candidate if there were to be a coalition with the EFF, IMO.

EFF are the (very) junior partners in any coalition in the DA simply because they got far fewer votes than the DA.
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And if that is the EFF's condition?
Without their agreement, council will be dysfunctional.
 
Chris said:
It's extremely disingenious for the DA to allow the EFF to get the mayoralty when they only garnered 11% or 12% of the vote in PTA. The mayors in both PTA and JHB has to be a DA candidate if there were to be a coalition with the EFF, IMO.

EFF are the (very) junior partners in any coalition in the DA simply because they got far fewer votes than the DA.
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+100000
 
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