Thursday, May 19, 2011

Political analyst surprised by the level of hostility towards the vote

By Lelethu Mquqo
19 May 2011


A political analyst says the only real surprise to come out of the local government elections is the level of hostility towards the vote.

Isolated protests were seen in various parts of the country yesterday. Dirk Kotzé of the University of South Africa says this is the first time he has seen people actively refusing to take part.

He adds, however, that both the ANC and the DA will do well in various respects.

Kotzé says the DA will do very well in the Western Cape and the ANC will do well in KwaZulu Natal.

However he says if Congress of the People loses the Nelson Mandela Bay then ANC might just capitalise on that.

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