Makhura confident ANC will retain Gauteng

Moipone Malefane

Gauteng Premier David Makhura is confident the ANC will retain power in Gauteng after the party’s hard work over the past few months to restore the confidence of disgruntled voters.

The ANC has suffered a significant decline in the province since 2009 partly because of the e-tolls and former president Jacob Zuma’s multiple blunders.

In an inteview with Inside Politics on Wednesday, Makhura said he was confident his party would win the May 8 elections outright – as many in the province were happy with the direction the party was taking under the leadership of president Cyril Ramaphosa.

The ANC, he said, did not want to be in a coalition government with any political party because nothing gets done. 

The national elections are to take place on May 8 and most political parties are positioning themselves to either win Gauteng outright, or govern through a coalition. In the