The DA will no longer go toe-to-toe with the ANC; its plan for next year’s local government elections is to target only strategic cities.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane‚ speaking on Sunday in Durban‚ laid out his party’s plan: to win the Pretoria and Port Elizabeth municipalities and reduce the ANC’s majority to below 50% in Johannesburg.
It will fight to retain its Cape Town stronghold.
An analyst said the party might have to get into bed with unlikely partners to achieve these aims.
Maimane said the local government elections would provide a great opportunity for citizens to bring the DA difference to many more municipalities.
“In metros such as Nelson Mandela Bay‚ Tshwane and the City of Johannesburg‚ current market research shows that change is on the horizon‚” he said.
'We'll take the cities'
The DA will no longer go toe-to-toe with the ANC; its plan for next year’s local government elections is to target only strategic cities.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane‚ speaking on Sunday in Durban‚ laid out his party’s plan: to win the Pretoria and Port Elizabeth municipalities and reduce the ANC’s majority to below 50% in Johannesburg.
It will fight to retain its Cape Town stronghold.
An analyst said the party might have to get into bed with unlikely partners to achieve these aims.
Maimane said the local government elections would provide a great opportunity for citizens to bring the DA difference to many more municipalities.
“In metros such as Nelson Mandela Bay‚ Tshwane and the City of Johannesburg‚ current market research shows that change is on the horizon‚” he said.
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