POLITICS
STEVEN FRIEDMAN: Grassroots citizens may find it harder to get ANC’s ear
Has a window just closed? Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as ANC president seems to have changed the party-political climate
Has a window just closed for grassroots citizens who want the government to listen to them — and those who want them to be heard? Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as ANC president seems to have changed the party-political climate. While there is no hard information on what voters think of the change in ANC leader, its prospects of winning the 2019 election seem to have taken a huge leap. The EFF is clearly worried – and has reacted in a way that is likely to make its fears come true. The DA now has to explain away its own factional battles rather than gaining mileage out of the ANC’s. If Julius Malema is to be believed, the DA may be about to lose the mayoralty of a major municipality after the EFF withdraws its support. The biggest opposition parties have spent so much time and effort on President Jacob Zuma that they both fear, with good reason, that their time in the sun may be over now that the Zuma era is over — even if he stays in the Presidency for months. Talk of the ANC’s battle ...
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