With SA due to hold general elections in less than a year, one would expect the main opposition party to be in a buoyant mood. In about a fortnight it will be the two-year anniversary of the party’s greatest achievement. Winning the Western Cape in the past two elections can hardly be said to have been in itself a great achievement, considering that province has always been a stronghold. Wresting away former ANC strongholds in the local elections of 2016 through getting enough votes to enable it to form city governments with the help of smaller parties, as in Johannesburg, Tshwane and the Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape, was supposed to be a game-changer. It was supposed to put an end to the idea of the DA as a white party, ever destined to appeal to a minority that was getting smaller and smaller. Among the eight metros, the DA emerged as the top party in three, cementing its position as the biggest challenger and most credible challenger to the ANC.
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