The national government which owns the land has finally chosen to cooperate with City authorities after a ruling by the Western Cape High Court
After the ANC has retracted their guarantee of Orania’s autonomy, the party must take a hard stance, or risk losing support
The ANC has paid lip service to "human rights", but has only voted in concert with China and its allies in the UN. South Africa has gotten little in exchange.
The DA have vetoed on the admission of the PA to the GNU, which would have got the coalition over the 2/3rds threshold. But the VF+ remains a potential candidate.
The PA could be in jeopardy, as the DA has the opportunity to win two more seats. But to take back control, the DA may have to extend the national coalition to local government
The coalition may be the best of the available options, and there is much good to say of it, but it is unlikely to fix the country, nor outlive Ramaphosa
The VF has won pivotal negotiating power, achieving recognition for Afrikaner self-determination, and becoming a tiebreaker for Constitutional reform in the Parliament
Despite calling it "fake news", the DA refuse to confirm or rule out forming a coalition with the ANC, but have also ruled out every other option
An analysis of the demographic patterns of Afrikaners suggest that their numbers are strengthening not only in the Western Cape, but also somewhat in the Eastern and Northern Cape
