The African National Congress in the Western Cape plans to recruit 5,000 volunteers to help unseat the Democratic Alliance, writes Bekezela Phakathi The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has already started its drive to win back the province from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in next year’s general elections, with plans to recruit thousands of volunteers.ANC provincial leader Marius Fransman said at the party’s 101-year celebration in Philippi at the weekend that 5,000 volunteers would be recruited to assist the party unseat the DA. The volunteers, who will not be paid, will work full time to help with the party’s campaign.The Western Cape is key to the ANC in general — not least because it is the only province that the party does not control. Winning the Western Cape would be a symbolic victory for the ANC.The ANC lost the Western Cape in 2009 when infighting within its ranks divided the party along racial lines. The provincial executive committee was subsequently ...
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