Corné Mulder warns Geordin Hill-Lewis about a coalition deal between the DA and the ANC in Johannesburg

Freedom Front Plus leader Corné Mulder warned that if the DA partners with the ANC in Johannesburg, they will withdraw from cooperation with the DA across the country.

He sent this warning to the DA and its leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis, during an interview with Alec Hogg on Biznews.

Mulder said that partnering with the ANC to keep it in power is the highest form of treason and political suicide.

“The DA could sit down and come to an agreement with the ANC to give the two parties control in most of the metros,” he said.

“They can rule in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Mangaung, Buffalo City, and Nelson Mandela Bay.”

Mulder said that the Democratic Alliance has the option to form such a coalition, but that the Freedom Front Plus will not support it.

In response to a DA-ANC coalition, the Freedom Front Plus will terminate its cooperation with the DA across South Africa.

“We will not be part of that. The public indicated that they no longer want to see the ANC in government. That’s why the ANC is going down to 30%,” he said.

“If that is the model, the public must understand that someone is throwing a lifeline to the ANC. That will be the highest form of treason,” Mulder said.

He said that the unfortunate situation is that the DA’s mayoral candidate, Helen Zille, was hoping to get more than 50% in Johannesburg. This did not happen.

The best option now, Mulder said, was for the Democratic Alliance, ActionSA, and the Freedom Front Plus to form a coalition.

“If we bring these three parties together, we will be able to find a way to accommodate different individuals and competent people who all want to serve,” he said.

He said that ‘governments of local unity’ should not open the door for the ANC, which has been destroying cities like Johannesburg.

2029 General Elections

Mulder said that political parties should, as part of the local government elections, keep an eye on the 2029 general elections.

He said that there should be an agreement on what parties want to achieve in 2029, and that they should then work towards that goal.

He hinted at the goal of replacing the ANC. “We should not take any steps now that will take us further away from that option,” he said.

“We should put in place now the items that will take us exactly to where we want to be in 2029.”

He said that it raises the question of why, with the ANC down and out, it would make sense to give them a lifeline in local government.

He argued that it will be much easier to improve service delivery without the ANC sharing power in a municipality.

“If you put coalitions together between the Democratic Alliance, ActionSA, and the Freedom Front Plus, we have the opportunity to turn things around,” he said.

He said that this coalition will work well in the big metros, which are the heartland of South Africa’s economy.

“We’ve got two and a half years to show the electorate what can be done, and then we will see people vote for that at the national and provincial elections,” he said.

He added that the ANC collapses when they go into opposition, which is what the three parties should aim for.