How to stop strong EFF, BLF mandate?

SOME of our white compatriots in Durban are frothing at the mouth because one Terry Lloyd will support Ramaphosa and in effect his vote will be for the ANC.

Lloyd is astute in reading the writing on the wall, whereas others are too preoccupied to see the real reason behind his move. Lloyd is in good company with Peter Bruce also being lashed for supporting Ramaphosa.

I am reminded of the white Natal voters in the heyday of the dark rule of the Nationalist Party.

Many returned the party with increased majorities during John Vorster and PW Botha’s reign. Unashamedly, the English voter kept the Nats in power in Natal with one Owen Horwood being the Nats’ then Natal leader. While the English pretended to be liberal, behind the backs of the old United Party they voted NP and thanked God for the Nats being in power.

The English voters in Natal battened down the hatches, joined the Afrikaner and voted for the Nats.

The Nats managed to manipulate the English vote by using the bogeys of swart gevaar and rooi gevaar.

The Progressive Party and the lone voice of Helen Suzman didn’t stand a chance in Natal in those dark days.

Fast-forward to 2019; life has taken a different turn.

We have two “blood-curdling” parties on the ballot paper, the EFF and Black First Land First (the BLF).

Both have violent and uncharacteristic tendencies and hold extreme views as regards minorities and minority rights.

The Human Rights Commission has already ruled that the EFF speeches are not hate speech and one asks: Who are they fooling?

So how do we stop the EFF and BLF from getting a strong mandate?

The DA lost the plot with its virulent infighting and will be in doubt as to whether it can hold on to the Western Cape.

The DA has revised its percentage prediction of its share of the poll for 2019 as a result of the Ramaphosa factor.

The DA thrived on the coloured vote in the Western Cape – whether that vote will still be there is anyone’s guess.

Ramaphosa’s charm offence has captivated many potential voters to the point where he is more popular than the party.

The ANC is still a den of thieves and only Ramaphosa can reform it from within.

Ramaphosa has set about doing that, albeit rather carefully, hence the broad cross-appeal.

Terry Lloyd alludes to this in the new NPA boss and the various commissions which came about because of Ramaphosa.

While Lloyd has made his choice many white voters are still dithering about their choices.

PAKS PAKIRIY | Durban North