SA Politics Thread Part 11: The GNU Normal

[ToxicBunny]

ANC in for a bruising in the next local government elections

DA polling suggests that if South Africans voted today, the ANC would not get more than 20% of the vote in Johannesburg

www.businesslive.co.za

The spectacular collapse of the ANC empire is glorious to watch

I think the National Election Campaign Farce may have an even nicer impact on the ANCs vote share as it will focus people even more on their failures.

 

[TheChamp]

ANC in for a bruising in the next local government elections

DA polling suggests that if South Africans voted today, the ANC would not get more than 20% of the vote in Johannesburg

www.businesslive.co.za

Political analyst Susan Booysen says there is no reason to doubt the DA’s polling,

“The quality of the polling looks solid. There is definitely been a rise in support for the DA in urban centres in recent elections, and the party has benefited from ANC voters not coming out on election day,” Booysen said

Can you list the urban centres where the DA has grown its support? I tried looking but the IEC website is unable to break down the 2024 results down to municipal levels.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

ANC in for a bruising in the next local government elections

DA polling suggests that if South Africans voted today, the ANC would not get more than 20% of the vote in Johannesburg

www.businesslive.co.za

The spectacular collapse of the ANC empire is glorious to watch.

Also remember when the usual suspects were supporting Lesufi's nonsense? How is that going?

“Our information shows the ANC could get as little as 12% [of the vote] in Johannesburg. The leadership of the province and city are accountable, as they refused the national leadership advice to enter a coalition with the DA,” the source said.

Everyone was jumping for joy at how brave Andrek was for showing the finger to the national leadership and the DA. Seems like Cyril gave him a rope to go hang himself...

 

[Inertia]

Can you list the urban centres where the DA has grown its support? I tried looking but the IEC website is unable to break down the 2024 results down to municipal levels.

These comrades always spend the most amount of energy trying to deny reality instead of fixing the problem. When they are the 20% party in Gauteng and no longer on the tender payroll, they will rue the day they spurned the polls

 

[ToxicBunny]

These comrades always spend the most amount of energy trying to deny reality instead of fixing the problem. When they are the 20% party in Gauteng and no longer on the tender payroll, they will rue the day they spurned the polls

Also history has shown us how well the anc does when it's in the opposition benches.

 

[ToxicBunny]

https://www.news24.com/southafrica/crime-and-courts/kzn-taxi-association-warns-teachers-to-stop-giving-lifts-to-pupils-threatens-impoundment-20250818-0715

See it isn't Santaco issuing the directives, its the smaller Associations.

Solution is stupidly simple in my mind, disband that taxi association and talk any members that if they are caught doing it they will be charged with all sorts of very nasty things like kidnapping etc.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Can you list the urban centres where the DA has grown its support? I tried looking but the IEC website is unable to break down the 2024 results down to municipal levels.

marabastad mybbstad ?

 

[ghaye]

marabastad mybbstad ?

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The more historically correct spelling is:
mybbstadt.

 

[ShaunSA]

marabastad mybbstad ?

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Shame Rise didn't even make the list

 

[TheChamp]

These comrades always spend the most amount of energy trying to deny reality instead of fixing the problem. When they are the 20% party in Gauteng and no longer on the tender payroll, they will rue the day they spurned the polls

Answering the question is hard?

 

[TheChamp]

marabastad mybbstad ?

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I know no one can beat the DA on polls, either here on MyBb or elsewhere, I was just interested since Susan Booysen mentioned the growth happened in an election.

 

[ShaunSA]

I know no one can beat the DA on polls, either here on MyBb or elsewhere, I was just interested since Susan Booysen mentioned the growth happened in an election.

Susan uses the same polling system that had Hillary Kamala winning by a landslide over in Yanksville

 

[Agent67]

I tried looking but the IEC website is unable to break down the 2024 results down to municipal levels.

National and provincial results - Electoral Commission of South Africa

results.elections.org.za

Use this.

 

[TheChamp]

Susan uses the same polling system that had Hillary Kamala winning by a landslide over in Yanksville

Looks like she is referring to actual elections. The most recent election is the 2024 one, I don't recall any such growth from the DA, but maybe there are specific urban centers that I don't have in mind, broadly speaking, she could be referring to some towns in Northern Cape while I am thinking of Gauteng.

“The quality of the polling looks solid. There is definitely been a rise in support for the DA in urban centres in recent elections, and the party has benefited from ANC voters not coming out on election day,” Booysen said

 

[ToxicBunny]

Susan uses the same polling system that had Hillary Kamala winning by a landslide over in Yanksville

No polling methodology or even fancy ChatGPT 5.x version can predict what the stupid Yanks will do that, and I suppose the same applies to our voting cannon fodder, they aren't the smartest in general.

 

[ShaunSA]

No polling methodology or even fancy ChatGPT 5.x version can predict what the stupid Yanks will do that, and I suppose the same applies to our voting cannon fodder, they aren't the smartest in general.

Didn't stop the expits and their polls then. It won't stop them now.

 

[Agent67]

Looks like she is referring to actual elections. The most recent election is the 2024 one, I don't recall any such growth from the DA, but maybe there are specific urban centers that I don't have in mind, broadly speaking, she could be referring to some towns in Northern Cape while I am thinking of Gauteng.

Probably referring to by-elections in urban areas since 2024...

 

[TheChamp]

National and provincial results - Electoral Commission of South Africa

results.elections.org.za

Use this.

Thanks, very useful, and the first result I search for, Joburg, actually shows the DA dropped from 26% in 2021 to just under 25% in 2024.

 

[TheChamp]

Probably referring to by-elections in urban areas since 2024...

Possible, which would still be interesting to see since I don't recall even the DA making that claim, but maybe she is in possession of information the DA isn't yet aware of.

 

[Agent67]

Thanks, very useful, and the first result I search for, Joburg, actually shows the DA dropped from 26% in 2021 to just under 25% in 2024.

Just under 25... is 24.99%... Negligible.

26 to 25. Hardly an electoral wipeout. In the most contested election ever in SA.