Port Elizabeth and the Local Elections

“These are very early results,” DA leader, Helen Zille, 60, said in an interview in Pretoria. This share of the vote is “not realistic across the country. At the last election we had 16.6 percent. I’ll be very pleased if we can make … Elizabeth for the first time, and retain control of Cape Town. The ANC runs seven of the country’s eight biggest urban areas. Port Elizabeth is run by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, an authority named after South Africa’s first black …

The DA and ANC’s bitter battle for the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality raged on in Port Elizabeth yesterday as DA leader Helen Zille lodged a complaint about the alleged withholding of ballot papers, while Cosatu general secretary …

The Democratic Alliance party, known as the DA, runs the tourist hotspot of Cape Town and is led by Helen Zille, a white woman with roots in the anti-apartheid movement. Zuma has told voters that a vote for the opposition would be one for … of change in their living conditions after 17 years of ANC rule. The DA is aiming to win ground in South Africa’s metropolitan areas, including around the key city of Port Elizabeth, but the ANC is still expected to come out on top. …

The Democratic Alliance (DA), that rising power led by Helen Zille, already controls the Western Cape and is looking to make inroads into the Eastern Cape, specifically the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, which includes the city of Port Elizabeth. … From his insistence on continuing to sing the struggle song “Kill the Boer” to referring to any black member of the DA as “Helen Zille’s garden boys,” Julius Malema is certainly a lightening rod. …

Helen Zille and Jacob Zuma just doesn’t come close to anything one can relate to sex appeal. I must be honest, the only reason I decided to vote is because of a rumor. Rumor has it that if you do not vote and you are registered, then by default your vote goes to the ruling party. … If the DA takes a hold of metro’s like Tswane, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg then it is a good indication to them that they might not regain power at the next national elections. …

DA leader Helen Zille tests the depth of a pothole with an umbrella at the Bara taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa on 16 May 2011, where she addressed infrastructure and service delivery concerns, as part of the DA’s election campaign. … Zille – who was on her fifth visit to the city since last month – took a double-decker party bus through the townships around Port Elizabeth. ANC regional secretary Zandisile Qupe said what happened at Kleinskool was normal campaigning. …

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe was among the early birds to cast his vote in Colbyn, Pretoria, this morning and DA leader Helen Zille made her mark in Cape Town at 8am. IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi voted in Ulundi, …

Helen Zille, head of the Democratic Alliance Party, campaigned in Soweto on May 6. The party finished second with 17 percent of the vote in 2009. With polls showing increasing dissatisfaction with the governing A.N.C., the Democratic Alliance Party is making a push to attract … Ms. Zille said she expected her party to solidify its hold in Cape Town, where it now governs in a coalition, and win enough votes in the Port Elizabeth area to force a similar arrangement there. …

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille was one of the first to cast her vote. “People are understanding that voting for a party means voting for what they are going to do for you for the next five years,” Zille said in Rondebosch … In Port Elizabeth, vendors were preparing boerewors rolls and hamburgers for hungry voters. “I’m not telling who I am voting for, but what I will say is that I’m voting against corruption and I’m voting for decent service,” said one man, …

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said Wednesday’s municipal elections were a turning point for South Africa as she cast her ballot at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Rondebosch, Cape Town. “People are understanding that voting for a … After voting, Zille was to leave by private plane for Port Elizabeth and then Johannesburg to encourage voters to come to the polls. She has claimed that the DA is close to winning Port Elizabeth. Voting at Fourways voting a ‘nightmare’ …

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Voting off to slow start in Bethelsdorp Voting got off to a slow start at the Kleinskool, in Bethelsdorp, a township on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth. First in a line of about 24 voters was William Davids, who has lived in the area since 1984. … She saw Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille visiting the Bethelsdorp area on Tuesday morning. Voko was still deciding who she would vote for. “I’ll make my final choice when I have the ballot open in front of me,” she said. …

Helen Zille, the head of the Democratic Alliance party, at a campaign stop in Soweto on May 6. This appraisal of the musical talents of Helen Zille, head of the Democratic Alliance Party, might otherwise have been unimportant. But at that moment, Mr. Mahlangu was concluding … Ms. Zille said she expected her party to solidify its hold in Cape Town, where it now governs in a coalition, and win enough votes in the Port Elizabeth area to force a similar arrangement there. …