earned her mayoral position with votes from the ANC. The eight-year-old organisation dramatically withdrew its support for the ruling party last week.
Juju has taken a principled position, arguing that the Red Berets do not want a serving mayor who has been supported by the ANC. They’d much rather go their own way, and if needs be, the party plans to ask the DA to support Motjeane for re-election when the vote is held. But if that fails, there’s also a Plan B.
Should they fail to convince the DA to support the EFF candidate, Juju will instruct his comrades to vote for the DA’s choice instead. The barmy strategy is already turning heads, but the EFF is hell-bent on keeping the ANC out of power:
Julius Malema went on to say in her statement that
“We have asked our mayor to resign with immediate effect. That’s because she became mayor through votes from the ANC. We do not vote with the ANC, even if they want to vote with us. She was so happy, she told us that ANC people were already demanding illegal things from her, immediately after the election.”
“She remains our mayoral candidate in Metsimaholo. We will ask the DA to vote with us, but if they don’t want, we will side with them – we just don’t want the ANC in charge. So Selloane Motjeane has now officially resigned.”
The EFF put in a respectable performance in this part of Free State, finishing with over 25% of the vote. However, they only came third in Metsimaholo, trailing behind the DA and the ANC respectively. With their 12 council seats, the far-left party was able to play itself into a position of power – but they’re now willing to risk it all…
