In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, recorded a week before the 4 November local elections, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss the ANC’s campaign and its declining support in the metros. Haffajee reports from an ANC Johannesburg fundraiser that served as a soft launch for Reverend Frank Chikane’s mayoral campaign. They look at News24’s report on DA internal polls indicating the party may become the largest in six metros, whether the ANC is retreating to rural support bases, service delivery in Bronkhorstspruit, and the ANC’s argument about the risks of its decline.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – The ANC Steps Up Its Campaign
01:15 – Frank Chikane’s Mayoral Launch
02:00 – Global Issues and Local Voters
04:00 – Power and Water Outages
04:55 – Bronkhorstspruit and Living Conditions
06:15 – DA Internal Polls in Six Metros
07:40 – The DA’s 2029 Ambitions
08:55 – ANC Strongholds and Rural Support
10:50 – Port St Johns: Protest and Celebration
12:10 – The ANC as an Urban Movement
14:50 – ‘We Will Fix It’ Messaging
16:10 – The Vacuum Argument and ‘Five Years of Chaos’
19:50 – Close
