Referring to the ATM and ACM in particular, Lesiba Teffo said the performance of the two parties would definitely affect the ANC negatively.
The ANC could take a knock from the smaller parties whose leaders were previously aligned to the ruling party, because they are competing for the same voters in the upcoming elections, a political expert warned.
Small as they appear, the parties could usurp the ANC’s disgruntled membership and could contribute to the ANC getting less than 60%. Another party established by disgruntled ANC members is KwaZulu-Natal-based African Freedom Revolution , whose leader, Bishop Timothy Ngcobo, is also linked to Zuma. Ngcobo, who recently denounced the ANC as his political home, is also the KZN secretary of the National Interfaith Council of SA.
“They are the ANC catchment group. They are located in the countryside where the rural voters are easily persuaded by personalities, emotions, historical loyalties and [food] hampers. This is unlike in the urban centres, where the middle class cannot be lured by hampers.“The ATM is the party to watch. I think it is likely to get support because it is aligned to the churches. The voice of the bishop has an influence and if he says vote for this party, the congregants will do that.
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