THE Electoral Commission of South Africa has released the results of the by-elections, which saw the Democratic Alliance (DA) losing nine wards and winning only two new wards.
The liberal party attributed its loss to the ‘identity politics’, a worldwide phenomenon that has also impacted the South African landscape for years.
The party’s leader, John Steenhuisen, said results of the Wednesday’s by-elections brought to light challenges in the run-up to next year’s Local Government Elections, which the DA intends to tackle head-on.
“The debacle of Schweizer-Reneke continues to haunt the DA in the North West Province, and the months of conflict between the DA and Patricia de Lille, which gave rise to the party known as GOOD, has eaten into our support base in certain Western Cape wards,” said Steenhuisen.
“The DA has learnt many lessons of its poor handling of these events, and it will take time for us
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