Maimane denies vote-swop deal with the EFF

03 August 2016 - 10:34 By Kingdom Mabuza

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane urged South Africans to give his party an opportunity to govern and bring change to their lives. Maimane‚ who was speaking on Wednesday morning just before he could cast his vote in Roodepoort‚ said it was pleasing that‚ unlike in previous elections‚ nobody knew who was going to win elections.Leader @MmusiMaimane encourages South Africans to come out to vote. #ImVotingDApic.twitter.com/LE0Ewtj3RP— #ImVotingDA (@Our_DA) August 3, 2016async"People must vote for change‚ they must vote for a party which will deliver services and jobs‚” he said.Live results, cool maps, fierce battlegrounds: follow the local elections on our web app:http://bit.ly/2apwZKU"We trust that people have heard our messages and the fact that where we govern we have made people’s lives better.”Maimane denied speculations that the DA was in secrete negotiations with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to swap Midvaal votes for Johannesburg votes.Follow all #LGE2016 news and results live on your phoneTimesLIVE’s innovative web application will allow South Africans to follow the progress - and drama - of Wednesday’s local government elections in real time. “There are absolutely no discussions of that nature. I lead the DA and there is no such. I have not spoken to Malema and none of the EFF leaders‚” he said.“We waiting for results to come out and then we will decide where we go‚ and this idea of swopping municipalities cannot work. It is not democratic‚ it is not the will of the people.”..

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