Charles Molele
The ANC will retain control of Limpopo after the country’s general elections in May.
This is according to ANC’s provincial chairperson Stanley Mathabatha. In an exclusive interview with Inside Politics, he spoke about the prospects of his party winning in the province, given the growing support of the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Democratic Alliance in some parts of Limpopo.
The ANC won the 2014 elections with 1 149 350 votes, which represents 78.60% of the provincial vote – a decline from the 2009 elections in which the ANC garnered 1 265 631 votes, which was 84.88%.
He said the decline in electoral support for the ANC during the 2014 elections was a trend throughout the country and not only in Limpopo.
“We are no longer worried about the decline this time around. I am sure this year we are going to improve from [the] 2014 elections on the percentage we
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