“We feel we have retained our support, although not as much as we expected.” ANC losing candidate for Cape Town Lynne Brown
“Who can take Tony Leon seriously?” ANC representative Smuts Ngonyama
“He [new Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo] should maybe look at a tortoise shell frame to blend in with the colour of his skin. He should make extra eye contact because he wears glasses.” ?Beth-Anne Galvin, a consultant from Business Presentation Skills
“The ANC can no longer claim the mantle of credible change in the country … that must now go to the DA.” Tony Leon, on his party’s performance against the ANC “Non-whites who support the DA are like chickens who support Nandos. They are supporting their own oppression.” ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial leader and Transport MEC S’bu Ndebele, singling out DA leader Tony Leon, referring specifically to his days as an army conscript for the South African Defence Force’s mouthpiece Paratus
“No white party can run this country … no matter how they cover up by getting a few black stooges.” Former president Nelson Mandela speaking in central Johannesburg on the eve of local elections, labelling the DA a party of “white bosses and black stooges”
“Mandela must be the father of the whole nation, not only some of it.” Marthinus van Schalkwyk, DA deputy leader, in response
“They call themselves an opposition party. Next time they come to ask for your votes, you must ask them what they are opposing.” Deputy President Jacob Zuma, at Orlando stadium “The ANC is an elephant … it will trample on you.” ANC national chair Mosiuoa Lekota, speaking at a rally in Thembisa, where he warned opposition parties and ANC dissidents that the ANC would “trample” them
“Let the word go out that the president of this party, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, counts on our women to bring the IFP the electoral victory which we so rightly deserve.” Inkatha Freedom Party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi