South African opposition parties that formed coalitions to wrest control of a number of towns from the governing African National Congress in last year’s municipal elections, are now considering campaigning jointly ahead of a national and provincial vote in 2024.
The Democratic Alliance, the biggest opposition party, and several smaller rivals have begun talks on a cooperation framework to maximize their collective support. A key prize would be to secure control of the province of Gauteng, the nation’s economic hub that includes Johannesburg and Pretoria – and the one where the ANC’s majority is seen as most at risk.
The ANC has ruled Africa’s most industrialized nation since the end of White-minority rule since 1994, and controls all of the nine provinces besides the DA-run Western Cape. Its support slipped below 50% for the first time in the last municipal elections, a backlash against its slipshod management of towns and cities, high unemployment and a lack of basic services.
“Are we going in as a coalition and selling the coalition, are we going in as individual parties and how then do you demonstrate differentiation without destabilizing the governments that you have in place?” she said. “It is a tricky balancing act. A lot of technical work will have to go into that.” “We will offer our unique solutions to the problems faced by the country,” said Bongani Baloyi, its provincial leader. “But we are mindful that when we do campaign at that stage, we must do so in a way that does not hamper, frustrate, or even threaten the stability of our coalition governments.”
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