Could Bantu Holomisa (UDM) be the next Eastern Cape Premier?
The ANC is losing support in the stronghold Eastern Cape, but is the UDM a significant threat?
FILE: Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa. Picture: Gianluigi Guercia / AFP
Lester Kiewit interviews Ntsikelelo Breakfast, a Political Analyst at Nelson Mandela University.
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United Democratic Movement (UDM) President Bantu Holomisa is the party's candidate for Eastern Cape (EC) Premier.
He says various individuals and groups, including traditional leaders, religious groups, civil society organisations, and individuals urged him to consider his candidacy.
Kiewit speculates whether this move is linked to a potential coalition agreement.
However, Breakfast doubts this, pointing out that the Eastern Cape, being predominantly rural, typically favours liberation movements due to traditional leaders' allegiance to such movements.
Despite a general decline in ANC support, Breakfast believes the party still has strong prospects in the EC and does not view the UDM as a significant threat.
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"I don't think that there will be a coalition arrangement in the Eastern Cape."
- Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political Analyst – Nelson Mandela University
"I don't think that he [Holomisa] stands a chance of posing a serious danger to the ANC"
- Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political Analyst – Nelson Mandela University
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