THE United Front (UF) believes it can win 10 of the 43 wards it is contesting in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, which may position it as a kingmaker in the Eastern Cape.This is according to National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) general secretary Irvin Jim who has been campaigning for the UF in the metro since Saturday.The UF was set up in 2015 by Numsa as a "social movement" meant to unite workers and communities ahead of the formation of a political party by the union.READ THIS: Nine takeaways from the local election campaignsNumsa decided not to campaign for the ANC. Instead, at a special national congress at the end of 2013, the union decided to set up the UF — which was to be followed by a political party. This led to Numsa’s expulsion from the ANC-aligned Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).Numsa and former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi played a key role in ensuring the ANC’s return to power in Nelson Mandela Bay in 2011.Vavi, who was expelled by C...
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