WSM: Is a vote for a small party wasted? | Jaundiced Eye

Well, that didn't last very long. So what do you see Action SAs influence, if the polls are right, in those three incredibly important metros into the future? Might they this time stay with the original promise? Or is it just you know the politicians better than we do, William? Well, the entripathy between Shaba and the DA is palpable.

It's almost pathological. The enormous degree of loathing that he has for the DA and which is carried through his party. I just don't see how they would be able to. Firstly, it would be a real change of mind on his part, which would be a bit embarrassing. But I mean, politicians have an endless capacity for embarrassment. So let's not worry about that.

I just don't see in the long run how he could work with the DA, how the DA would trust him to enter into an alliance. So, yes, I think he will be a king-maker, but certainly in Johannesburg, he's not going to be, I don't think he's going to be a queen-maker. I think whatever, however, Helen Zille limps to the finishing line, if she manages to do so, it would be despite Action South Africa. And again, I think it's a really

Good example, that one, because if you are contemplating voting for ActionSA, you need to think where is that vote going to go in the end? One must at least, I think, take Mashaba at face value. If he says it will never be part of a DA coalition, well, then you know that whatever coalition happens with Mashaba's assistance, with the ActionSA's assistance.

not only in Johannesburg, but in other municipalities, in other metros, will be a cobbled together thing with maybe NK, maybe EFF, maybe ANC. And then quite frankly, if you're happy with that situation, why the hell not just vote for the ANC or the EFF or MK? Why use an intermediary? Joburg is a good story though, and you spoke about it a lot or wrote about it a lot in this week's column.