The genie is out of the bottle and South Africa is about to reinvent itself
It was an election that altered the face of the nation. To be sure, the ANC remained in firm control in more municipalities than anyone else by a long stretch. It took a 54% slice of the national vote - twice that of its nearest rival, the DA with 27% and far more than the EFF's 8%.But, that was not the whole story. The ANC had shed 8% of its support since 2011 when it got 62%, most of it probably accounted for by the EFF, which was still a twinkle in Julius Malema's eye back then.The DA rose by three percent since the previous local government election. But it was a targeted three percent concentrated in its Western Cape kingdom and then on three metros - Nelson Mandela Bay, Tshwane and Johannesburg which it identified as key battle grounds.This was the first election the DA fought with a black leader and the jury is still out on whether or not it managed to attract black voters in significant numbers. But strategy of attacking the ANC in the three metros over its governance record...
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