SA’s local government elections are our equivalent of the US midterm elections.
Midterm elections typically serve as a reminder to the governing party that voters can teach them a lesson. In 2016, voters punished the ANC as the party fell to 54% from 61%. At the same time, the DA won 27% of the vote. It was a breakthrough for a party whose forebears got less than 2% of the vote in 1994...
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