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with John Matham on Afternoon Drive. It's eight minutes past four o'clock up first. William Gumede on Helen Zilla's statement that she would rather be the opposition than lead a chaotic coalition after the local government elections in the Joburg metropolitan
Helen Zilla polled quite a few percentage points higher than the DA. So there is something about what Helen Zilla is doing and the way she's doing it in Johannesburg, which makes her a more attractive prospect for people who've not historically been DA
Metro. The good news is that neither Herman Mashaba nor Helen Zilla are mayoral candidates in a Kurulein because those two cannot stand each other. They literally cannot be even in the same room sometimes. The number of times that Herman Mashaba has pulled out
EFF is going to be a major player. And if the DA cannot play with the EFF, well, that's crickets. If Helen Zilla and Heman Mashaba cannot get over their egos and actually allow themselves to be in the same room, because that's 7%, even if it's on the lower
Elias. So there's obviously a clear connection and alignment there. We know that Smith is close to Helen Zilla, who still holds a lot of power in the DA. And in my column, I try to just track back a few hard decisions over the past few months where I expected
low 30s for the DA, then it's almost impossible for them to put together a coalition which is not what Helen Zilla described as a chaotic coalition. Yeah, no, no, absolutely. I mean, it's correct because you just imagine all different parties. MK in Somerset
for them to govern Joburg, which is why they're sitting with the problem that they are sitting with. Helen Zilla, in a different context, has argued against the electorate giving the smaller parties the vote, because all you're doing is essentially weakening
Big surprise, and as she herself has been saying, Helen Zilla is unlikely to get an overall majority. There was a time where their own polling and also the Social Research Foundation polling had them fairly close to getting that 50 plus one which she needs,
But many parties will need to be hobbled together by either Helen Zilla of the Democratic Alliance or whoever will be confirmed as the mayor candidate for the ANC in the city of Joburg. If these two major parties were to try and go it alone, the number of
6:30 time now for your eyewitness news. And Natalie, the Good Party is questioning the legitimacy of Helen Zilla's campaign to be Joe Berg's next mayor. Has this got something to do with her residential address? Exactly, Lester. In fact, the party has gone on.
In 2006. Let's start with the mayorship of Helen Zilla, because that's when we started seeing what we now call coalition country in South Africa. Maybe just sketch for us where is the city of Cape Town now where it was 20, 30 years ago, whether it be
whilst they talk inclusion and talk colored vote, the kind of design, you remember Clarence way back in 2000, and I think it's 2006 when Helen Zilla became the first premier of the DA of the Western Cape. It was an all-white cabinet and an all-male cabinet.
12 stories on 1 station in the last 30 days · all stations
with John Matham on Afternoon Drive. It's eight minutes past four o'clock up first. William Gumede on Helen Zilla's statement that she would rather be the opposition than lead a chaotic coalition after the local government elections in the Joburg metropolitan
Helen Zilla polled quite a few percentage points higher than the DA. So there is something about what Helen Zilla is doing and the way she's doing it in Johannesburg, which makes her a more attractive prospect for people who've not historically been DA
Metro. The good news is that neither Herman Mashaba nor Helen Zilla are mayoral candidates in a Kurulein because those two cannot stand each other. They literally cannot be even in the same room sometimes. The number of times that Herman Mashaba has pulled out
EFF is going to be a major player. And if the DA cannot play with the EFF, well, that's crickets. If Helen Zilla and Heman Mashaba cannot get over their egos and actually allow themselves to be in the same room, because that's 7%, even if it's on the lower
Elias. So there's obviously a clear connection and alignment there. We know that Smith is close to Helen Zilla, who still holds a lot of power in the DA. And in my column, I try to just track back a few hard decisions over the past few months where I expected
low 30s for the DA, then it's almost impossible for them to put together a coalition which is not what Helen Zilla described as a chaotic coalition. Yeah, no, no, absolutely. I mean, it's correct because you just imagine all different parties. MK in Somerset
for them to govern Joburg, which is why they're sitting with the problem that they are sitting with. Helen Zilla, in a different context, has argued against the electorate giving the smaller parties the vote, because all you're doing is essentially weakening
Big surprise, and as she herself has been saying, Helen Zilla is unlikely to get an overall majority. There was a time where their own polling and also the Social Research Foundation polling had them fairly close to getting that 50 plus one which she needs,
But many parties will need to be hobbled together by either Helen Zilla of the Democratic Alliance or whoever will be confirmed as the mayor candidate for the ANC in the city of Joburg. If these two major parties were to try and go it alone, the number of
6:30 time now for your eyewitness news. And Natalie, the Good Party is questioning the legitimacy of Helen Zilla's campaign to be Joe Berg's next mayor. Has this got something to do with her residential address? Exactly, Lester. In fact, the party has gone on.
In 2006. Let's start with the mayorship of Helen Zilla, because that's when we started seeing what we now call coalition country in South Africa. Maybe just sketch for us where is the city of Cape Town now where it was 20, 30 years ago, whether it be
whilst they talk inclusion and talk colored vote, the kind of design, you remember Clarence way back in 2000, and I think it's 2006 when Helen Zilla became the first premier of the DA of the Western Cape. It was an all-white cabinet and an all-male cabinet.
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Helen Zilla said she would rather be in opposition than lead a chaotic coalition after the November 4 local elections in Johannesburg 16. Polling cited by commentators put the DA around 29% and Zilla personally higher, though she is unlikely to win an outright majority 28.
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