Former President Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema in 2021. The CSIR had predicted that Zuma’s MK Party will beat Malema’s EFF to third spot, behind second-placed DA, nationally. Image: EFFFormer President Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema in 2021. The CSIR had predicted that Zuma’s MK Party will beat Malema’s EFF to third spot, behind second-placed DA, nationally. Image: EFF
This comes as the the ruling party’s support has declined to 40% in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections from 57% it achieved in 2019., Zille said the only way to defend the world-renowned Constitution is for the DA to grow, flourish and eventually become the biggest party in the country. Zille said it’s in South Africa’s interest for the DA to grow as that would prevent the country from falling into the hands of people who will destroy it.
"Our job is to keep out a doomsday coalition of the ANC, MK Party and EFF. That's what we have to prevent. Jacob Zuma was campaigning against the constitution." – DA federal chairperson Hellen ZilleSteenhuisen said the DA stands for exactly the opposite of what the EFF stands for.