This past weekend, City Press suggested that Helen Zille should maybe consider taking the reigns and run for the position of provincial premier in Gauteng. 

According to an article written by acclaimed political commentator and highly respected journalist, Stephen Grootes, there is no national legislation prohibiting her from doing so.

If anything, Cape Town and Gauteng are closely linked. So what’s in it for the DA?

Grootes states:

At the moment, the DA claims it has polling evidence showing the ANC would get just 51% in Gauteng. Don’t get too excited. Those numbers are, to use the phrase “soft”. They will change. Polls during non-election periods are almost always misleading, because people like to vent their frustrations with their parties when speaking to pollsters, but when it comes to the crunch, they often go back to the party they love. That is probably more true here than in many other places.

Zille has proven that she would make a great candidate with a proven track record of competence. If you live in Cape Town, you are aware of how she can throw together a campaign.

So this would have the effect, happily for the DA, of putting a rather large finger on an ANC pressure point, and pushing hard. Luthuli House and Walter Sisulu House (Gauteng ANC HQ) would be forced to work together. It would not a happy marriage make. It would also force the ANC to push far more resources into Gauteng during an election campaign, which might mean it can’t campaign quite as effectively as it would in other provinces.

[Source: DailyMaverick]