#Elections2024

There are just a few weeks to go until the national and provincial polls that will impact the lives of 62 million South Africans.
The Western Cape is home to 7 million citizens with a registered electorate of 3.3 million whose vote will decide which party runs the province. For the last 15 years, the province has been governed by the official national opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA).
In 2019 - the DA won 55% of the vote in the Western Cape, taking a majority of 24 seats in the 42-seat provincial legislature. The ANC returned as the official opposition.
Lester Kiewit hosts a debate with these five largest parties currently represented in the Western Cape Legislature and asks, 'Is the Western Cape a fundamentally better-off province than in 2019?'
This debate took place on 3 April 2024.
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[@the_antiquark]

Proud to be a resident of Cape Town, Western Cape. The DA are awesome 💙

[@leonlazaus4443]

Why is gov. Politicians staying in houses of millions of rands while the poor people staying in shacks. It should be the other around

[@MrLechesa]

What does that have to do with anything??

[@leonlazaus4443]

@@MrLechesa a f.ckin lot because you must of been fed by the cadres thieves.Thats why you have no compassionate for the poor who is scraping by. Your fool

[@meisievannancy]

​@@MrLechesaWell they make tbeir wealth from. Politics and not from their own industrial abilities. Politicians should be serving and not acquiring.

[@MrLechesa]

@@meisievannancy Are you sure or it's just jealousy speaking. Where do you expect someone with over R1mill per annum salary to stay?? In a shack?

[@MrLechesa]

According to you guys only Descendants of Colonialists must stay in good houses while everyone else stays in shacks?

[@patryspatrys7824]

Don't ever let the ANC back in power in the WC. Their record all over RSA speaks for itself

[@FransMakhapetja]

We need change in Western Cape

[@victoriakruger5144]

I found this very useful, thank you.

[@user-lc1ih8vm8z]

So full of themselves by thinking this province is well run, Western Cape is a two states ran municipality.

[@rekkabcleaningandlaundroma3580]

The ANC talks a lot of crab, they cause all these problems in this and if I was them I would hide my head in the sand. Why do you think they want the Western Cape, if there are so much problems. Most of these parties are a bunch lazy thugs, some of them criminals.

[@the_antiquark]

There's always room for improvement, but it's certainly the BEST run 👍

[@maryjooste6161]

That's not true I myself stay I. White area since 1996 But what I Learned frm the whites thy carry them finances thy g ook going to every citizen let us pledge and clean our streets so thers nothing the DA doing fr white people if we see where thers dirt we doing the same I feel so sorry to the people who falsely blame the DA the same with thy safety thy pledge a month every citizen stay in a street pledge fr safety! The school govern bodies the parents run the school extra teaches the parents paid the extra staff stop blame the whites the whites live others as brown people thy eat sandwiches and we as brown and black like meat every day I can go on and on

[@the_antiquark]

@@User-.-_7635 No😂 free public services are paid for by wealthy tax payers, and unlike other provinces WC have access to water!

[@rekkabcleaningandlaundroma3580]

@User-.-_7635 Well run in all municipalities, what happened in certain coloured areas are being done by the residents. They have no self-respect or responsibility.

[@chaddasilva9082]

WELL DONE DA

[@khanyiso514]

Viva EFF!!❤

[@azritmaritz5178]

I would love to know wheres the Patriotic Alliance that beats the DA on every corner...am i missing something

[@rekkabcleaningandlaundroma3580]

The parties are just jealous of the DA and talk a lot of bull. The ANC closed all factories, schools, tecnicons, broke down Denel, Sasol. So the ANC greate the unemployment problem and they bus in a lot of people from Eastern Cape. The ANC claimed a well working Western Cape from the previous National Party. They have done nothing. Let the people built their own houses, as I did. ANC took away the pride, respect, responsibilities etc. All the other parties did nothing.

[@user-po3me4gr6g]

So the whites flooding into WC is fine from other provinces just not blacks from EC

[@maryjooste6161]

I agree with the writer

[@User-.-_7635]

A coloured will rule WC this time around de lille was close but gave away our votes to DA

[@maryjooste6161]

Tell me which colored cld manufacturers tell me who look the places where they gangster Bwest is dumping site look knysna bodies laying in drink water that's the coloured

[@mthunzimapatwana]

No one is acquitting the ANC from its failures but acting like the DA is running a clean office because of cbd gentrification and township neglect? It's concerning for most South Africans as we mostly live in Townships and sometimes even worse rural areas.

[@user-vg9tt2yv5t]

PA💚

[@patrioticalliancefanbase]

Ons biasa nie

[@MicahMclaughlin]

DA all the way💙

[@khanyiso514]

Viva EFF!!❤

[@davidoctober788]

Referendum Party 1st

[@gerrit159]

Mitchels Plain has a brand new state of the art hospital now. Once again the ANC representative is sucking his thumb.

[@wezobolitye5999]

Do you know how that hospital cane about or you just uttering trash. The very same DA u r advocating was again the develipmento of M/plain and KDH projects. U r dom

[@NinohBrown]

Thats a national government initiative (ANC)

[@engineer3126]

national government brother

[@tonitappous2422]

@@NinohBrown Nonsense, the Provinces are in charge of Public Schools and Public Hospitals, not the National Government!!

[@NinohBrown]

@@tonitappous2422 they are not decentralized from national government, much like government has a stake in V and A waterfront not a 'DA' initiative

[@user-xy7xh7lb8y]

We need a break from the DA and the ANC.

[@duncancampbell5910]

Who has a track record ?

[@user-xy7xh7lb8y]

@@duncancampbell5910 None has a track record that speaks for all South Africans

[@TheStanlef]

Please vote for PA... it's our turn now!

[@khanyiso514]

Viva EFF!❤

[@davidoctober788]

Referendum Party is a good the only viable Party in the Cape..... The rest makes suggestions knowing they can't deliver on .... Same old story..... heuning bekkies

[@deniscoyne5671]

The DA has no legislation over hospitals, dont talk BS.

[@MrLechesa]

Why not old man?? Doesn't the province have a health department?

[@user-zq5pj6xn5g]

We do not have a provincial goverment in the WC.The DA is not in charge of police,health, education and service delivery. But there are MEC's for these deparments who receive huge salaries.

[@deniscoyne5671]

What's your point ? Do you think the next guy is going to take a pay cut ?

[@corinnevanjaarsveldt6087]

I agree with acdp.....crime fluctuating into south africa. Anc and eff promotes this by allowing open borders

[@patrioticalliancefanbase]

Where is PA

[@user-zq5pj6xn5g]

Backlock of 600 000 in housing is a result of funds for housing send back to treasury.

[@andrescheepers]

What would the W cape been if the anc was running it

[@ja5239ghhhjj]

disaster like the rest of the country. The ANC’s skills do not include effective governing

[@user-zq5pj6xn5g]

The DA builds schools in five months according to them.But cannot build houses in two years.

[@zulu9357]

Doesn't care about non whites

[@CitiesForTheFuture2030]

Um, when will we see a debate on the issues, rather than party politics, such as - water & food security - the housing crisis & affordable housing - sustainable urban development (gender sensitive & child friendly cities) - the just energy transition - poverty & unemployment - gender equality - crime, violence & corruption - protection of democratic principles & institutions - enviro stewardship - climate (mitigation & adaptation) - education & healthcare - enviro friendly waste management - imtegrated, safe & affordable public transit, active mobility options etc No wait, I forgot... SA follows the US system of spreading hate & division among parties rather than problem-solving critical issues (the difference between life & death, a good life or a really difficult one!). SA is a medium income country yet over 50% of our people live in poverty & nearly 40% are unemployed - infrastructure, cities, schools, healthcare & roads in shambles. Our population is increasing yet we are facing food insecurity, a water crisis, a lack of affordable housing, our kids can't read for context (but why bother because they probably won't get a job anyway). Climate change is going to affect quality of life in SA in a major way, but we won't think about do anything about until people start dying in droves, but we're more worried about charging our devices than food, water, pollution, our kids' future (the lucky ones can emigrate right?)...

[@user-md4op6ko3y]

The DA represent a lot of what you've mentioned but we're not the USA and thank goodness please take the time to read the DA manifesto they are fighting a political war with the ANC who have put South Africa in a Crisis they are trying to save South Africa from the rot of the ANC hear is the reality ANC totally corrupt EFF hell no Socialism and Marxism ideology PA ex Gangster who seeks power all other Splinter parties that don't have capacity the DA good morals good ethics good administration good Govenance and the Capacity to Govern who would you Vote DA all the way

[@user-md4op6ko3y]

Much of what you refer to has been created by the ANC in the 30:years they have Governed apart from Climate change it hasn't changed the lives of people much but it's sure affected our weather patterns the Cape of all seasons as we say now in my day summer was summer and winter was winter

[@user-fp8sv2db3w]

Khalid Sayed is a honourable and credible representative of the ANC in the Western Cape and i believe he will clamp down on inequility in the Western Cape and i trust him with that one.

[@eldenrossouw314]

Top 5 parties??? You must be joking. Where is PA?

[@hussaingool1859]

The PA is being led by convicted criminals who are only interested in making money at any cost. If you are informed of what mess they caused while governing the Municipality of Beaufort West you will sing a different tune.

[@allanbudge1171]

When I last looked the PA were not in parliament and were definitely not in the top 5

[@Lekkervideos4sho]

Why the majority population race in western cape not running the province.

[@mahlohonoloferguson2884]

This lady from good party spoke well

[@pappadontpreach7738]

All she is doing is complaining, not providing solutions.

[@user-zq5pj6xn5g]

The ANC rep impresses me.This man knows his story.He is factual and honest.😊

[@lynpetzer2746]

GOOD PARTY YES GOOD FOR NOTHING.

[@lylebason6907]

The ANC and EFF would manage to ruin the Western Cape. You can see the difference when you come from another province.

[@tshiamomaremela6870]

DA only knows how to govern the suburbs. They failed in Tshwane because they are loud mouths just like ANC

[@vaeterua]

The EFF has never been in governance. What untruthful comment are you hurling???

[@Lekkervideos4sho]

DA gov made white landlords very rich

[@user-gu8dt2ss2h]

With the diversity in SA, the DA is the best option. No other party has achieved what the DA has achieved. One can only go Step by step to achieve results. Give the DA another 5 years and you will see the hell of a difference they made.

[@user-gz8fn8lo9l]

Gaining from bad to worse

[@maryjooste6161]

This women don't even talking what she cn do she throwing DA thy are jealousy to the DA she say nothing about what she cld do

[@matthewhindley2952]

No PA. Top 5 parties when some of them can't even win wards😂

[@user-md4op6ko3y]

Power in the wrong hands spells disaster

[@matthewhindley2952]

@@user-md4op6ko3y Yeah, that's the DA for you👀

[@the_antiquark]

Gayton is a gangster. He still talks like one.

[@matthewhindley2952]

@@the_antiquark Ok, the DA is racist. They still talk and act like that.

[@TheStanlef]

​@@the_antiquark...was a gangster! Some of the disciples of Yeshua were also low life people, but was radically changed for the better.

[@morrisdyer9560]

Capture land without compensation. Malema for president May 2024

[@darrylfisher909]

Host... your intro is too long bro.

[@ruthndala5778]

Xhaiiii?

[@user-md4op6ko3y]

DA all the way

[@babolico9354]

😂😂😂😂

[@MervynCupido-bv7pg]

And and good party must get there facts straight first time I hear or see them oh this is vote time

[@jenodamons5408]

I vote NCC ❌

[@NationalColouredCongressSA]

Should bring in NCC for a nice shake up and bring them down to earth again

[@MicahMclaughlin]

That munne don’t even understand what it means to be a PR Cllrs 😂

[@joemahlangu4584]

DA is just good at telling big lies, there is no well governed WC or Cape Town here. The GOOD party and the EFF were well represented in this interview. It will be a good thing if the DA gets less than 50% in the Western Cape, they have grown very arrogant.😂

[@user-eg4xu3xc9s]

Love to hear where you think better governance is happening besides the WC?????????

[@amm7088]

@joemahanhulun4584 are you smoking you socks or your cic’s red socks

[@lm_b5080]

good job bra Khalid from ANC..we need WC now so that we can get more tenders $$$

[@user-tu5tv5fq3r]

What are you gonna gonna do differently make me understand

[@nicoleoneill1721]

Keeping the Cape BLUE!

[@dgraham1949]

Good are only good at criticising but offer NOTHING to improve on thier complaints. Shame on a woman who thinks she deserves leadership when she offers no resolutions to thier criticism.

[@mariepillai6157]

DA must do the one world goverments bidding, to keep them happy.

[@mrq5805]

DA 🔵🔵🔵

[@khanyiso514]

EFF!

[@mrq5805]

@@khanyiso514 hell nah. That’s ANC 2.0

[@khanyiso514]

@@mrq5805 how so?

[@mrq5805]

Joburg, Ekurhuleni, EThekwini and NMB show you that they are only interested in patronage and access to resources just like their mother body

[@BryKer1804]

Th e disrespect for the PA is pure proof they are scared... All will change after elections then .....

[@user-tu5tv5fq3r]

somewhere were

[@hyltonmacneill1396]

Simply tooooo many people and not enuff tax money to build for free ......its simply chaos.....😮

[@leosonbentley2770]

The DA needs to go

[@valsables5299]

WHO FUCKED UP THE TRAIN SERVICES ? THE ANC OF COURSE.

[@gerrit159]

Of course the ANC representative is talking kak again.😂

[@geraldinemichael2084]

Lol

[@jeremymaarman2949]

On the Western Cape population figures i find it strange that the EFF guy is combining Coloured/Indian population group? This isn’t officially done by population statistics as well as not as such defined by the Constitution. StatsSA demographic information for 2023 breaks it down as follows for the Western Cape: Coloured- 41.2% Black - 38.8% White - 16.4% Indian or Asian - 1.1% Although i don’t agree with the racial classifications this is what the actual StatsSA numbers reflect. So what is the motive of the EFF guy combining the Coloured and Indian numbers?

[@kathleenreabow5560]

Just be honest, DA has done well. None of your lies and data mingling will change that. The people should be responsible for there own lives and families, not the government!

[@user-id4ko7fh5s]

stop critized each other work together

[@amm7088]

DA all the way 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@babolico9354]

EFF 2024 VIVA EFF VIVA

[@deniscoyne5671]

With EFF we will become another Zimbabwe and unlike Zimbabweans who have flooded South Africa for work, we have no where to go.

[@silaskhalishwayo]

​@@deniscoyne5671 you still thinking backwards

[@deniscoyne5671]

@@silaskhalishwayo explain

[@the_antiquark]

Do you know what happens to countries that vote for communist party's like the EFF? Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in 30 years. Since 2020, Cubans have suffered falling wages, deteriorating public services, regular power outages, severe shortages and a growing black market. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the country.

[@geraldinemichael2084]

Your cic told his voters to go make more babies make as much babies,he will double the grant,wtf, so irresponsible just so he can have more votes,disgusting,more fatherless kids more hiv that is your cic

[@hyltonmacneill1396]

The A.N C. Dude living in a mist ...laughable

[@karthi7016]

Whites are about 16%.coloureds about 43% why is there a white premier????

[@sizwemeyer6076]

Why Obama became US President??

[@deniscoyne5671]

Pity that the interviewer is not neutral.

[@user-jn6gz8zc7e]

Just aswell make the cape independent just go and look where you were born the rest go to your metro go fix and build and grow crops there.

[@valsables5299]

ANC FUCKED UP THE CAPE & THAT GUY FROM THE ANC ADMITS IT. HA HA

[@LettieBerling]

DA will win a i am shore 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@maryjooste6161]

The anc cld even lead where thy live they failed every single city I ths country

[@lynpetzer2746]

GOD HELP WESTERN CAMP IF GAYTON OR OTHERS COME IN...DA 2024 .

[@amm7088]

People must stop having children ., if they cannot afford to buy and pay for their own houses

[@valsables5299]

DEEEE AAAA RULES

[@Derivmaster5880]

This EFF guy is gonna get a call from the leaderships cause we can't have someone that is so terrible representing EFF.

[@evertroos2261]

There was a lot of working things in the past...te DA maintain and beter it..the rest of RSA..DID NOT DO THAT!!!..Under anc..all will colaps..as in tbe rest of RSA...

[@ruthndala5778]

Is put take our Koisan people to learn how to farm their own given farms land. I am bantu 4th generation koisan of Angola 🇦🇴 our Koisan still move in every bush field to get what ever they want we want to see our Koisan free to move every where in the whole Southern Africa. In Cape town our Koisan are not free no land for them why???????

[@amm7088]

AnC a should not even have a voice

[@angeliquemadatt3196]

this lady from good is on point

[@Lukha21]

I always find it interesting how political parties in the WC inevitability bring the conversation back to "THE CITY" almost like a place where the Pope lives. The WC is a huge province. Ask other people in the province their opinions. It's really annoying to listen to this narrative. Include the whole of the WC when opinionated politiicians deliver their election speeches.

[@jamesmdodana6642]

Of capetonians allow anc you will deplace milk and honey with a Province running with un attended sewerage all over.Do not give ANC a chance and anc comes with people who will charge you Protection fee

[@nicovanzyl9855]

ANC HET GEEN BYDRAE GELEWER IN DIE WESKAAP.JULLE MAAK NIE NET MISTAKES NIE JULLE IS N MISTAKE.Praat net die waarheid en wees eerlik.Jy geniet ook die voordeel van die DA se sukses.

[@khanyiso514]

Viva EFF!!❤

[@duncancampbell5910]

Viva means life in Latin, let me tell you when there is hyper inflation and food is unaffordable which is happening in Cuba and Venezuela the model the eff idolises viva won’t be the most appropriate word !

[@khanyiso514]

@@duncancampbell5910 You really have a low IQ

[@brucethackwell6686]

Can you imagine the caos without the DA it will be like Knysna in 3 months

[@JeffreyThomas-th2ps]

This eff dude and the Anc dude are totally out of there depth 😮

[@user-zq5pj6xn5g]

Really .What about simmers reading from a script during a debate.

[@Trekwithmatt]

We voting DA 💙

[@victoriavh6486]

PA sorry to me u not strong to lead the country

[@user-id4ko7fh5s]

da no 1❤

[@user-zq5pj6xn5g]

It is obvious that Simmers reads his answers.Must only say what his masters tell wrote down for him.

[@davidoctober788]

Institute God given values in your children and they will not fall for a rand..... United we stand devided we fall

[@ruthndala5778]

Land invasion land taken by force from the Koisan people you say that land invasion Africa is watching how you can solve our children Koisan people land 🇦🇴 saying that.

[@nicovanzyl9855]

Good yes good for nothing Did you do anything positive

[@gingersubramoney695]

I am not a politician and fan of any particular party . The people of Western Cape will regret not voting voting for the DA . This is a word from someone from KZN . I wish we had a DA government here in KZN.

[@BeleniYara-ow2zq]

I don't know why EFF you went into that church meeting EFF you supposed to reject the invitation of that church meeting

[@the_antiquark]

Everytime EFF attempt to engage, they make things worse for themselves😂

[@silaskhalishwayo]

​@@the_antiquarkeff will be in power

[@the_antiquark]

@@silaskhalishwayo I don't think South Africans would be so foolish to vote for them.

[@BeleniYara-ow2zq]

@@the_antiquark to date is Friday I'm not interested to talk with oros please try someone else

[@the_antiquark]

@@BeleniYara-ow2zq 🤣🤣🤣

[@obySedgefieldgemofourgardenrou]

The garden route people are not capetonians ,lets make that very clear,we are a different tribe,we,ll be demanding our independance soon.

[@geraldinemichael2084]

Why is everyone moving to the western cape,and not joburg or durban???? go DA my mayor in cape town is the best

[@malvinzamani576]

Because you don't check real data. Gauteng outstrip the western cape in terms of migrants. The notion that the western cape receives the most migrants is just a shallow excuse perpetuated by people who don't study readily available data

[@stewartthomas5340]

Your Mayor is a joke

[@henryrossouw930]

Typical SA politics the pot calling the kettle black and badmouthing instead of putting solutions on the table.Lastly I did not know that Cape Town and the WC is the same entity.

[@henryrossouw930]

​@@stewartthomas5340Just like you.

[@malvinzamani576]

@@henryrossouw930 then you are commenting on things you have zero idea. Relook our country's political geography

[@maryjooste6161]

eff doing nothing thy are party of chaos the eff cld just cry about land

[@muzikayiseNgubane-gf3rt]

Mk party to rule there