South Africa's largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), alth...
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance , although heading for defeat in May 8 national elections, pledged to forge coalitions with smaller parties to break the dominance of the ruling ANC, especially at the local level.
At the DA’s final campaign rally on Saturday, Mmusi Maimane, the first black African to lead the center-right party, told 5,000 supporters in the township of Soweto the DA would grow jobs, protect minority rights and unite the country. The DA and the hard left Economic Freedom Fighters teamed up in 2016 local elections to clinch control in three of the country’s largest metropolitan districts - South Africa’s economic hub Johannesburg, administrative capital Pretoria and Nelson Mandela Bay in the eastern province.
Polls in the past two weeks suggest the DA, as well as the ANC, will struggle to win outright majorities in crucial urban areas.
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