Bitou turns true Blue as DA growth surges across SA
18 September 2014
The Democratic Alliance has won an outright majority in Bitou municipality for the first time, with strong surges in support in 3 other provinces.
By winning Ward 7 Bitou from the ANC (KwaNokuthula and Kranshoek), the DA now no longer needs a coalition to govern Bitou municipality (Plettenberg Bay).
DA growth also continued in Soshanguve Ward 88 (Tshwane), going from 5.29% in 2011, to 8.63% in 2014, to 14.54% in these by-elections.
Should this growth continue in Tshwane metro then a DA victory will be firmly on the cards in the 2016 local elections as the ANC currently holds less than 50% of the vote (49.3%).