Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille. Picture: Sourced from the Democratic Alliance's websiteSO the ANC and its allies are saying racist elements voted DA into power in the Western Cape.
Simply put this is mumbo jumbo of highest order. The DA wrestled the Cape from the ruling party in a democratic process. The ANC must blame itself for losing the province… the party was too busy engaged in internal fighting instead of coming up with a winning election stratagem.
Of course the DA is mainly backed by white folk, but that does not mean they are all driven by racism in their support of the DA. The same applies to the ANC – its supporters are mainly black. It does not mean that all ANC supporters hate white people. In a nutshell, the ANC is in power by virtue of its overwhelming black support in a country whose population is overwhelmingly black. So voting along racial lines is a reality and it’s everyone’s democratic right to do so.
The coloured folk hold the key in the Western Cape. So, it’s obvious most of them voted for DA to be in government in that province. Does their choice make them racists? No, they just had it with the ruling party and decided to give the DA a chance. Whether coloured folk consider themselves to be white or black is another issue!
The ANC’s youth wing keeps on saying DA leader and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is racist. Can we please have some proof of this serious allegation? Young Communist League national secretary Buti Manamela charges that Zille wants to turn the province into Orania, that little explicitly racist Afrikaner enclave in the Northern Cape. Manamela what informs such an outrageous statement?
The ANC must come to terms with reality… the DA won fair and square in the Western Cape. The ANC lost the race, now sees racism!
Simply put this is mumbo jumbo of highest order. The DA wrestled the Cape from the ruling party in a democratic process. The ANC must blame itself for losing the province… the party was too busy engaged in internal fighting instead of coming up with a winning election stratagem.
Of course the DA is mainly backed by white folk, but that does not mean they are all driven by racism in their support of the DA. The same applies to the ANC – its supporters are mainly black. It does not mean that all ANC supporters hate white people. In a nutshell, the ANC is in power by virtue of its overwhelming black support in a country whose population is overwhelmingly black. So voting along racial lines is a reality and it’s everyone’s democratic right to do so.
The coloured folk hold the key in the Western Cape. So, it’s obvious most of them voted for DA to be in government in that province. Does their choice make them racists? No, they just had it with the ruling party and decided to give the DA a chance. Whether coloured folk consider themselves to be white or black is another issue!
The ANC’s youth wing keeps on saying DA leader and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is racist. Can we please have some proof of this serious allegation? Young Communist League national secretary Buti Manamela charges that Zille wants to turn the province into Orania, that little explicitly racist Afrikaner enclave in the Northern Cape. Manamela what informs such an outrageous statement?
The ANC must come to terms with reality… the DA won fair and square in the Western Cape. The ANC lost the race, now sees racism!
Eish, it is never easy to accept defeat. More so if the party is led by an "ordained priest" who would be in power until the Son of Man arrives.But seriously the tripartite alliance must come to a realisation that you win some and lose others. Nice piece, neh!
ReplyDeleteIndeed you win some and lose some!
ReplyDeleteYes, we need to move away from race-based political affiliations. While our reasons for our voting patterns are understandable, what's the point of a vibrant democracy if we can't break out of our traditional moulds?
ReplyDeleteYou're making an important point, Charisse.
ReplyDeleteBut at the end of the day, politics aside - race still plays a crucial role in most of the things we do, the way blacks and whites relate. I know it doesn't help in the growth of SA, but it's still very evident.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, democracy is what people want!
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