Five parties join forces with Gayton McKenzie’s PA to take on DA in Western Cape

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Why anyone would want to "take on" the best run province in the country is beyond me. We should all be cheering and supporting it. And I find it terrifying that there are voters out there who will likely support them I can only assume without knowing how bad the result will ultimately be for them and their families. To those people I can only say "Be very very careful what you wish for" To anyone wanting a well run economy that provides food, jobs, clean water, power, schools, roads, medical care, and to take the fight to our failing government to provide law and order, vote DA. It truly is the only sensible option for all of us.

The PA is just another SA political party that follows the gutter politics foisted on South Africans for past 3 decades by the NP, ANC, DA & EFF. Unfortunately most of SA society are under the impression this type of democracy would produce leadership & governance when in the entire existence of pre- & post union SA, no administration have ever represented & served the interests of the people of SA. The DA in the Western Cape inherited a 400+ year deep administrative state, which the ANC lost to them after 9 years in government- nothing much has changed for the better. To compare that with provinces that were artificially created in early nineties is to be willfully ignorant. The old Cape Province had the legislative & governance seat of the whole of SA, covered almost 50% of SA at hhe time and had no less than 2 colonial powers entrencing regal /enlightenment types burocratic capacity for centuries, less democratic but ruthlessly effective. As a 'non-white' resident of the Western Cape, I've experienced 1st hand how the DA administration is mis-managing local governments throughout the province. Oh but Alas clean audits - it just mean you've managed to kept your corrupt activities were allocated the proper budget votes not to run foal of the MGMA & on a provincial level the PFMA. Having access to loyal accounting & auditing firms helps a lot if your posture is Public Private Partnerships. The 2010 Soccer world cup showed us how corrupt the big players in the private sector are and we've learned nothing. It a international standard that politics follows the money but it seems we still suffer from PTSD due to our Apartheid skunk status & exclusion from global political realities. "We show them, we better - if we just had more time" is still the battle cry after 76 years in most white hearts. Latest census have WC at 44% coloureds, 35% Africans & 15% white. A large portion of the white vote fleed the DA in 2019 as they perceived their party being overrun by black leaders branding them as "ANC Lite". The main contender for the coloured vote, Madam De Lille, left them high & dry with the DA after taking the ID into Madam Helen's fold a few years before. The ANC weren't an option since they disenfranchised the coloured leadership under Mr Rasool a decade before. The major difference now is that ethnic coloured parties for the first time are attracting those frustrated voters to them. All these votes were former DA constituents and that's could be the undoing of the DA on WC. To add racists & condescending postures into the mix by the minority leadership over represented execute structures whether in party or WC government spheres could be the final nail in this coffin. So don't expect too much from politics, rather engage with your local community & contribute/give input to alleviation of the issues the destitute & vulnerable sectors have to face daily. As long as I'm paying taxes, no administration will get any praise for doing that I'm paying for. DA included.

Arriving in Cape Town from Johannesburg and any other major Centre in South Africa is like landing in a different country! Things work, the roads are well kept, traffic lights work, and the general impression is one of a well-managed Province. I was blown away when I visited in November 2023. So Gayton McKenzie says that he will eradicate gangsterism in the Western Cape, if elected as Premier? My understanding of McKenzie is that he has a criminal record himself and spent time behind bars. How can we possibly allow an ex-gangster to be able to contest this position. Hopefully, common sense will prevail and the DA management of the Western Cape will continue afetr the elections.

Anyone who is under the illusion that any alliance with the PA will have a positive outcome for the voters should visit Knysna which has been stuffed up beyond recognition by the PA/ANC/EFF Alliance. What was the jewel of the Garden Route has been bankrupted by the useless corrupt crew that gained power because of the PA bartering it's seat for power. No water for many, sewerage in the lagoon, constant infrastructure failures and criminal charges laid. Useless incompetents.

I live in the Karoo and I would like to see photographs of any decently completed projects instigated by Mr Gayton McKenzie. All I have seen are a toilet system that is half finished This is a link to an article in Daily Maverick. He also undertook to sort out ll the pools. I would like to see photos of people using these pools

Bunch of dangerous religious zealots, their manifesto is quite frightening.

Leon Campher van die Advieskantoor en Colin Sylvester van OGI is altwee "one-man bands". As Leon 100 supporters in Dysselsdorp het, het Colin dalk 30 in Oudtshoorn. Altwee, soos die res, net daar vir hulle eie gewin!

Thank you for daily reading on the news.

All these comments perpetuate why the NCC is so important, it's literally run for the people with direct input from the people. The 90% that matters, those who live below the breadline. People are quick to say let the people run things, down with politics but that will never happen because then the Coloured people of the Western Cape will finally have the say over the land that is rightfully theirs. They white minority and the rest of the elitist would be forced to give back the prime property and business strongholds back to the indigenous people of the Cape. Sadly, even though the white minority who aren't even natives of the Cape were all fine with taking from us and looting but they can not handle the idea that we take back our wealth. 600 000 people are on the housing waiting list but we still have looters and thieves on our land, the most prime parts to add insult to injury. If you really believe in fairness, restoration and an end to looting, the NCC is the only logical box to tick.