If the results of the local government elections are anything to go by, it is very clear that people across Gauteng are tired of empty promises and corruption.
The issue of undocumented immigrants should be considered when assessing the ANC’s poor electoral performance in Gauteng. This is because the party did not show that it is taking the problem seriously.
Given its nonchalant approach to addressing these concerns, the party should not have contested the election in the first place if it had known what was coming. Its lack of attention to detail is clear.
It appears that nearly six metropolitan municipalities will need to be governed through coalitions. For political parties to enter coalition governments in the metros with the ANC would be a miscalculated move akin to political suicide. — Pitsi Moloto, Tshwane
