Julius Malema Fires Angry Attack At ANC Over What They Did For The DA

The ANC, according to EFF leader Julius Malema, gave the DA the legitimacy and support it needed to regain the trust of the people. The video comment casts the DA’s success in the 2026 municipal elections not as an outcome of their campaign but of the ANC’s own mistakes. It is Malema’s opinion, and no one else has checked it against the whole data.

The assertion is based on a well-known political issue in South Africa. The DA has needed chances to prove it can govern beyond its reputation as a party mainly servicing minority and urban voters for a long time, as it has failed to shed that image. The ANC’s track record in municipal administration, according to Malema, includes several instances of service delivery failures, which allowed the DA to portray itself as a capable alternative. The DA, according to this interpretation, didn’t have to prove its own superiority so much as it needed the ANC to falter so that people couldn’t help but draw parallels.

Experts would probably put this argument to the test by asking it a series of questions. Was the DA more successful in attracting voters in wards with good service delivery or in those with worse service performance overall? When people left the ANC, did they join the DA or did they divide their support among minor parties or just not vote at all? How much of the DA’s success in areas like the Western Cape, where it has been in power for a long time, is reflective of its own track record in municipal governance?

The interests of Malema’s own party are further advanced by his remarks. By painting the DA as someone who benefited from the ANC’s failure, he stresses that the DA stands for stability in the status quo rather than change, adding fuel to the fire that the EFF has been using to criticise the ANC and the DA. Because of this framing, the EFF has a motive to portray itself as the genuine alternative to the ANC’s fall, as its support dropped to 6.26 percent in the most recent provisional results.

While its opponents may take credit for their losses, the DA will likely say that its success is a result of strong leadership and candidates. When one party falls from power, the other generally faces the same challenge: how to hold on to the support they received before people see their government in action.

The next thing to know is whether the DA can really implement any new mandate and make a difference in the councils it wins. Once council business starts, every party will be evaluated based on how fast the foundations of service delivery are improved, since voter discontent may swiftly erode credibility.

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