Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay heats up as DA and ANC send bigwigs in to lure voters
A day after ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa – accompanied by provincial chairperson and Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane, elections head and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula, and national executive committee member and parliamentary chief whip Pemmy Majodina – invaded the metro, the DA followed suit on Monday, launching its manifesto in Helenvale, Gqeberha.
In the 2016 elections, the DA got the most votes in the metro with 46.71%, compared with the ANC’s 40.92%. In 2011, the ANC had a slight majority of 52.13% against the DA’s 40.2%. Political analyst Nkosikhulule Nyembezi from the Election Monitoring Network said that the ANC hoped to regain ground and win at least 51% of the votes so it can run the metro again.
Our manifesto is not just a wish list of free things. Our manifesto takes into account all real-world constraints such as budgets, human resources, backlogs and maintenance neglect after decades of ANC government.
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