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Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu stand as the South African national anthem is sung at the EFF Tshela Thupa Rally at Orlando Stadium. Picture: Palesa Dlamini/ City Press
Preliminary numbers show the EFF will get a share of roughly 9.5% of the vote, well below the 15% some polls predicted. "In a way, I sympathise with them. No one could've anticipated how low the turnout would be. It looks like we're getting about 65% turnout and we were expecting 72%. The EFF are maybe the unwitting casualties of that. Because their voters are the least likely to turn out."
But the EFF are the masters of public relations and growth of three percentage points will be interpreted by them as a big win, especially if the DA fails to grow significantly. Along with the Freedom Front Plus , they will have been the only major party to show growth, which has already caused some to point out that it is a sign of the right and left starting to eat away at a weakened centre.
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