UDM rejects ANC’s offer of Buffalo City deputy mayor in exchange for coalition deal

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The UDM has shot down a proposal by the ANC to offer the party the deputy mayor position in exchange for a coalition deal in Buffalo City.

The UDM has shot down a proposal by the ANC to offer the party the deputy mayor position in exchange for a coalition deal in Buffalo City.

For the first time ever, the ANC fell below 50% support in the recent local government elections, meaning the party will need to broker a coalition deal before it can govern the city.

After a strong performance, the UDM became the second-largest party in the KuGompo City-based council, garnering 18.39% of the vote against the ANC’s 41.93%.

The DA is the third largest at 16.85%, while the EFF and SACP are fourth and fifth at 6.79% and 4.49%, respectively.

Of the 100 seats, the ANC has 42, followed by the UDM with 19, the DA with 17, the EFF with 7, the SACP with 5, the ATM with 2, the PA with 2, and ActionSA. The FF Plus, MK Party, PAC and AIC each hold one seat.

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Of the 50 wards in the municipality, the ANC controls 38, the DA six, the UDM three, the EFF two, and the SACP one.

Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, the UDM’s deputy president and mayoral candidate for Buffalo City, told News24 last week that they were not prepared to govern the municipality with the ANC.

“We don’t have intentions to govern with the ANC, because they are the ones responsible for the mess that Buffalo City Metro finds itself in,” he said.

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