BN Edge | Mulder: coalitions, the GNU and the case for an early national election

If the DA does a deal with the ANC in Johannesburg, forget everything else. If they do that in Johannesburg, is that count us out, Freedom Front, in the whole country? Yes. The point is that one of the options, one of the permutations could be that the DA sit down and come to an agreement with the ANC and say to the ANC, let's the two of us go into government, that's still possible, and that will give them exclusive control as the two parties in most of the metros.

In Mangaung, in Buffalo City, in Nelson Mandela Bay, in Tshwane, in Johannesburg, in Ekurhuleni. I can continue, not in Intiquini, basically, but they can do that. That's their decision. We will not be part of that. We will not participate in that at all. But the reality then would be that the public indicated that they do not want to see the ANC in government anymore. That's why the ANC is going down, down, down to 30%. If that is the model,

I think the public must understand that someone then is throwing a lifeline to the ANC. And I think that will be the highest form of treason as far as I'm concerned. We should not even think in those terms. We don't have to do that. From my perspective, I would say, let's look from the other side. I'm focusing on 2029, the national election that comes when we can elect a new government, and it may be even sooner, as I've said in the past. What do we want to achieve in 2029? And if we are on agreement of what we want to achieve in 2029,

Should not take any steps now that will take us further away from that kind of option. We should put things into place now that will take us exactly to where we want to be in 2029. And now, the question would be: with the ANC down and out, why would it be to the betterment of South Africa if we give them a lifeline now? And why is it going to be different in making it possible for us to deliver and to bring service delivery to the people on local level? We can do that very much so without the ANC.