New voters can be kingmakers

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South Africa’s estimated 13 million unregistered voters hold the power to change South Africa's future as the kingmakers in next year’s watershed national elections. This emerges from an interview with Werner Horn, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) member on the Party Liaison Committee of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). He tells BizNews why the votes of new voters are needed by “coalition” parties to surge past an estimated 40% of the vote to build a strong post-election pact for an “alternative” government. Horn also speaks about the “massive instability” that has been created by coalitions-gone-wrong in big Metros - and says the DA and the ANC are in agreement that strict coalition, management, legislation and institutions are needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29 Jun 2023 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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