What's even the point then? Why bother having party members in that ward if they're not going to contest. Why can't they just do a coalition afterwards? What happens if the IFP loses anyway, and a coalition could have won?
Just because they have an agreement, now people who want to vote for the DA must instead vote for Zulu nationalists because it's the least schit option.
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@wingnut771 this is why a two party state is bad. Imagine if one day your choice is between the EFF and IFP. /inb4 I'll be gone by then...