South Africa’s early municipal election results on Thursday showed the ANC with a sharply reduced vote share, set to weaken the long-dominant party’s control of key cities such as Johannesburg. With 36% of votes counted by 2pm, the ANC had about 32% of the vote, narrowly ahead of the DA on 27%, results from the…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT If you needed a case study in political point-scoring trumping sober analysis, look no further than the ANC’s broadside on Saturday against communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy directive on equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs). The party’s statement – framed as a defence of transformation and parliamentary authority – comes…
