LIVE from the State of the Nation Breakfast: Helen Zille responds to Sandile Swana and lays out the uncomfortable truth about local government in South Africa.
Coalitions without thresholds are turning metros into hostage situations.
She explains why one-seat parties can hold mayors to ransom, why the ANC tried to change the system to “lose but still win”, and why Johannesburg has become a criminal sphere of government.Then she gives the DA’s 2026 plan in one number: 490,000 voters showing up and voting DA on both ballots.
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