Avid reader, especially SA fiction. I write book reviews, now and again. Another major hobby is birding which gets me into our beautiful outdoors.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined April 2009
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Now that the elections are over, will the media - all media- talk about money and politics? How much was Helen Zille's campaign? This will be declared later, but one of the clips mentioned a figure of R150m. The MKP funders also need to be disclosed....
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The irony is through the roof!
Instead of uniting black voters under an established revolutionary movement, Jacob Zuma went and registered party number 620, and now sits in front of cameras complaining that black people are too divided. You can't create party #620 to divide the vote and then lecture the country on unity!
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Comment: No. The AGOA decision was the work of an Imperial President who has had his target trained on South Africa more than 20 times since he took office because of powerful people whispering into his ears.
The loss of South Africa’s AGOA privileges is more symbolic than material and arises entirely from the refusal of the South African government to heed US concerns on reciprocity and national security.
thecommonsense.co.za/Economi…
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Despite all the money, fancy marketing and hype, Helen Zille actually underperformed expectations in Johannesburg, securing 35% compared to projections of 41–42%.
I think the DA is generally satisfied with the election results, but I suspect they were hoping for more.
Nationally, they're sitting at around 24%, below the 2016 result under Mmusi Maimane and well short of the 29% they were reportedly targeting.
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Voters have have realized that its not what they thought it was.
A Party that always changes its SG after every 6 months.
No stability there.
No accountability regarding the missing millions.
Voters are not stupid
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We’ve been trying to explain this since before elections (DA voters actually go out and vote) but people don’t want to listen
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The Cape Independence Party (CapeXit) received 0.2% of the votes in the Western Cape (with only a few Cape Town wards yet to report). I think we can safely say the time for secession has passed.
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The ANC across ALL MAJORITY BLACK VDs in the metros:
CPT: 52% (-20)
NMB: 51% (-23)
BUF: 50% (-24)
MAN: 47% (-25)
TSH: 33% (-26)
EKU: 32% (-26)
JHB: 30% (-20)
eTH: 22% (-41)
20%+ Swing in every metro with black voters. (!!)
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There is a way that @waynesussman unpacks elections data. He generally pairs it with a little bit of history for that particular City/Town. Heartwarming hearing him mention Pietermaritzburg and its links to Bessie Head.
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The DA talking about "Black votes" is wild.
Race matters when it's votes but doesn't when it's redress.
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How can we expect meaningful regulation of gambling, or proper support for people experiencing gambling addiction, when gambling tycoons are funding the very political parties responsible for regulating the industry?
The conflict of interest is glaring.
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I seem to recall the EFF fighting against the VAT increase, pushing to end data expiry from telecommunications providers, tabling the Insourcing Bill, and tabling the Student Debt Cancellation Bill—all since the 2024 elections . Yet because they don't sing "abahambe," you claim they aren't prioritizing South Africans? Ehh
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RISE is RISING!!!
AS AT 5:30AM: @Our_DA leads votes per party in @CityofJoburgZA.
Our #MissingVoterTracker compares how each party performed at the same voting stations in 2021 and 2026.
Across the 378 stations counted so far in @CityofJoburgZA that also existed in 2021, @MYANC and @EFFSouthAfrica have both lost votes.
Check our live tracker for votes per party in your ward, municipality or province, and nationally.
Trust the numbers - missing-voter-sa.politicalhu…
#MissingVoter #LGE2026
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In my hood, the Democratic Alliance (DA) had no real competition, taking 7,769 of the 9,885 votes cast, a commanding 78.6 percent.
The surprise was the party in second place. Rise Mzansi, founded in 2023 and contesting local government elections for the first time, finished a distant second with 600 votes, or 6.1 percent.
That put the newcomer ahead of ActionSA on 476 votes and the African National Congress (ANC) on just 394.
Clearly, the people in my neighbourhood care about service delivery, not the social media noise and choreographed rage!
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Dear @pchrjza: I would have replied directly had you not blocked me. So this will have to do. Given the limited number of municipalities in which @Rise_Mzansi contested, it makes sense to see how they're doing when actually on the ballot. In Joburg, for example, they're at 2.35%.
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The EFF, ANC, ActionSA coalition in Tshwane to return.
Joburg coalition can possibly emerge from the EFF, ANC, ActionSA and MKP.
The same for Ekurhuleni.
Keep the DA out.
