For the Democratic Alliance, the elections represent a crossroads.In 2006, the DA faced a strategic task: to win the City of Cape Town. A decade later, it is facing a new challenge: to win a metro outside the Western Cape province.Polls are predicting that the DA could beat the ANC on its home ground in some of its strongholds — metros such as Tshwane, Nelson Mandela Bay and Johannesburg.But the party itself is cautious.DA head of elections Jonathan Moakes says the only poll that matters is the one that takes place on August 3 and the Ipsos surveys commissioned by eNCA are a "sideshow". What matters now is the "ground game", he says. This refers to whether the party can outmatch the ANC on the ground, close to voters and where it matters most.But as the official opposition embarks on this challenge, it is also grappling with an internal transformation that began in 2015 with the election of its first black leader, Mmusi Maimane.Local elections 2016News, live results and much moreHe ...
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