The election race between the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance for the Cape Town metropole is too close to call, DA leader Tony Leon told supporters on Saturday.
Speaking at the DA’s final election rally in Goodwood in Cape Town’s northern suburbs, he said the two parties were ”running head to head”, with four days to go before the local government elections.
”The simple truth is that the race between the DA and the ANC is too close to call,” he said.
Earlier at the event, the DA mayoral candidate for Cape Town, Helen Zille, told a crowd of about 2 000 enthusiastic DA supporters that the March 1 election is set to be the closest in the history of the city.
”There is no way to predict the result. It could come down to a single vote in a single ward,” she said.
Leon, speaking from a platform flanked by huge blue and yellow banners proclaiming ”Stop corruption. Start delivery”, said the choice facing voters next Wednesday is ”almost as simple as turning on a light used to be”.
Referring to the power cuts that have plagued Cape Town for the past two weeks, he said: ”In Zimbabwe it took 11 years for there to be mass power outages and electricity failures — in South Africa we have managed the same in just 12 years.”
Repeated power cuts had ravaged the local economy and threatened people’s livelihoods.
”We have been without power, but are not powerless — vote the ANC out on Wednesday,” he urged the crowd.
Leon’s speech at the two-hour long rally was preceded by music, a ”Kaapse dans [Cape dance] scene”, gumboot dancing and a troupe of pretty dancing girls in bikini tops, twirling umbrellas. — SapaThe election race between the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance for the Cape Town metropole is too close to call, DA leader Tony Leon told supporters on Saturday.
Speaking at the DA’s final election rally in Goodwood in Cape Town’s northern suburbs, he said the two parties were ”running head to head”, with four days to go before the local government elections.
”The simple truth is that the race between the DA and the ANC is too close to call,” he said.
Earlier at the event, the DA mayoral candidate for Cape Town, Helen Zille, told a crowd of about 2 000 enthusiastic DA supporters that the March 1 election is set to be the closest in the history of the city.
”There is no way to predict the result. It could come down to a single vote in a single ward,” she said.
Leon, speaking from a platform flanked by huge blue and yellow banners proclaiming ”Stop corruption. Start delivery”, said the choice facing voters next Wednesday is ”almost as simple as turning on a light used to be”.
Referring to the power cuts that have plagued Cape Town for the past two weeks, he said: ”In Zimbabwe it took 11 years for there to be mass power outages and electricity failures — in South Africa we have managed the same in just 12 years.”
Repeated power cuts had ravaged the local economy and threatened people’s livelihoods.
”We have been without power, but are not powerless — vote the ANC out on Wednesday,” he urged the crowd.
Leon’s speech at the two-hour long rally was preceded by music, a ”Kaapse dans [Cape dance] scene”, gumboot dancing and a troupe of pretty dancing girls in bikini tops, twirling umbrellas. — Sapa