The Economist has this article summarizing for the rest of the world what is going on with ANC and COPE. Specifically what kicked off the article was the ass-kicking handed to the ANC by COPE and DA in the Western Cape.
One of my point-form summaries:
- 27 Western Cape seats were recently contested in the Western Cape
- The ANC had held all of them, but lost all but 3
- The ANC didn’t contest 12 of the seats (through incompetence) so they outright lost 12 of the 15 that they did contest
- COPE won 10 of the seats and the DA won 9
- The formation of COPE has much to do with “personal interests and ambitions”
- It is observed that COPE was formed by those who were squeezed out of power when Zuma came in
- These are the same people who thought the ANC was fine until they lost power
- Either way, COPE should benefit South Africa by:
- Offering black voters more choice
- Weakening the hapless ANC