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During the 2019 elections, the Democratic Alliance received just over 20% of the national vote to remain the second-biggest party in the country after the ANC. The party is now exploring the possibility of forming a governing coalition with several other opposition parties to remove the ANC from power if they together win more than 50% of the national vote
The coming elections in South Africa can be a game changer, predicts political analysts. Recently, as reports indicate, the country’s biggest opposition party -Democratic Alliance- is rallying to wrest control from the ruling African National Congress. It is a different matter whether they will be able to make things happen. Yet, they can deliver a body blow to the ruling party set up by legendary Nelson Mandela, if ANC struggles to get past the required 50% mark to stake claim for another term and try to form a coalition government.
Democratic Alliance, better known by the acronym DA, is promising to deliver better to salvage the country from the deteriorating civil services, corruption, inflation, and importantly unemployment. The electricity crisis is a perennial problem of the country which once carried the label of the most economically happening place. To top it, there is an alarming growth in unemployment at 32%. DA is promising to create annually at least 2 million jobs to address the problem and to extend succor to teeming millions waiting to join the labor force.
The date for the National Assembly and provincial elections has not been set. However, it is expected to be sometime between May and August. The big rally taken out by the DA was addressed by its leader John Steenhuisen, who promised to unseat the African National Congress and accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of enabling corruption by ANC members and leaders.
During the 2019 elections, the Democratic Alliance received just over 20% of the national vote to remain the second-biggest party in the country after the ANC. The party is now exploring the possibility of forming a governing coalition with several other opposition parties to remove the ANC from power if they together win more than 50% of the national vote.
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Under South Africa’s system of government, lawmakers elect the president, so a party or coalition with a majority in parliament controls both the executive and legislative branches. If the ANC’s support falls below 50% at the polls, the party would have to make deals with smaller parties to secure Ramaphosa’s re-election.
