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Miss Status Quo@Synesyfe3 Apr 2023

"The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve then. If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough." ― Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

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The importance of voter turn out - cannot be underestimated

Neil Coleman@NeilColemanSA1h

DA support is not increasing massively, as claimed There is no dispute that the ANC's election performance in 2026 was terrible. But the attempt by the DA and some media to create the impression that the DA has made massive inroads in 2026 is not supported by the evidence. While it has made some gains, the reality is far from the claimed blue tsunami: - The DA is an 8.8% party representing a declining share of the population, dropping by over 3 percentage points: in 2026 it won votes from 8.8% of the total adult population, compared to 12.1% of the total adult population in 2016. - The DA's proportion of the vote declined nearly 3 percentage points from 27.39% of the national vote in the 2016 local government elections, to only 24.59% in the 2026 elections. - Despite claims of a massive increase in black voter support, the increase in DA support is at best modest, with election experts estimating total support by black voters for the DA in 2026 is still only a feeble 8% of total black votes. So, read the pro-DA political propaganda with extreme caution!

Image from Neil Coleman (@NeilColemanSA)

Image from Neil Coleman (@NeilColemanSA)

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Dr. Hood Hadeda@DrLungi_Mashele8h

This!!!!! 💯 You’ll need effective state healthcare, public transport, subsidised services etc even if you worked and retired with a good pension!

Thapelo Rampolokeng@Thapelo_Rampolo8h

Replying to @DrLungi_Mashele

I want to say I often tell people we need to fight for the state to work and efficiently. so. Because when retirement hits and we cant afford die medical aid we need public sector to be able to give us the best of service as they currently do,even as underfunded they are.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

Friend we have a whole session about why Cross subsidisation falling apart is detrimental to everyone .. For our country it’s key ..

Dr. Hood Hadeda@DrLungi_MasheleNov 5

Replying to @Synesyfe

Also in GP because you have a huge majority that are not economically active, the cross subsidization model is extremely punitive to the middle class.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

I have looked at - in detail .. And I’m aware of their actual track record - not the PR .. Which is why I’m genuinely shocked at how people could vote for them ? For me it’s stupidity at the highest level

Dr. Hood Hadeda@DrLungi_MasheleNov 5

Replying to @Synesyfe

One must study their election manifesto because that’s a key feature where they govern. They took NERSA to court so they can charge higher electricity tariffs. Their tariffs are already the highest in the country.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

This is so apt when it comes to looking at elections , just cause your boyfriend is cheating on you .. Doesn’t mean you need to date the person who brings you flowers ..

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

By the way my favourite thing about Mandan is his belief that a city needs to work for everyone and not just the ones with money.. childcare ? Tickets for World Cup ? Public transport ..housing ? How many political parties think those are nice to haves ? And not needs

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

They have amnesia - and refuse to separate their Hatred of the ANC with actual common sense ..

Dr. Hood Hadeda@DrLungi_MasheleNov 5

Replying to @Synesyfe

People don’t realize that the DA has governed in JHB previously. Speak to the people in Waterfall about what happened to their rates and taxes during that period. How many middle class people were “forced” out of their homes because they couldn’t afford the upkeep. Same CPT MO

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

Which landlord do you know has eaten up costs nje ? That’s a dream market view that doesn’t exist in real life ,. Land lords are ordinary people ..

Morolong@TowardsUhuruNov 5

Replying to @TowardsUhuru @Synesyfe

landlords may have to absorb some of those increases to remain competitive and avoid vacancies. That's precisely my point about market forces. Different market forces are at play in Cape Town vs Johannesburg, hence the vast difference in prices.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

Even land lords in the township pass on costs to tenants .. This is the city of dreams folks want to be where economic opportunity is

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

And again by the DA own track record they service areas where people pay for services - what about those who cannot ???

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

Lrt .. I wish folks understand when you don’t see street lights shining a funding decision was made that this was not a priority cause it doesn’t bring in revenue and it’s a nice to have ..

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

When folks asked why JHB library was closed for so long - someone said that we have the internet and that people don’t have a need to read at the library ..

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

When folks asked why we don’t have a focus of arts and culture in the city ,, someone says these things are useless there should be more engineering’s focus .. These are all funding decision made by our city ..and trade offs given .

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

This was only recently - like 2026 .. and only due to treasury withholding the gran5 .. the effects of this we only going to see next year Jan onwards .. add the new wage bill .. I used to serve on the advisory board of our city - and trust and believe the funding gap is large

Morolong@TowardsUhuruNov 5

Replying to @Synesyfe

But Johannesburg is already implementing council-approved plans to ring-fence water and electricity revenue under National Treasury's reforms. Godongwana confirmed this in his February 2026 Budget Speech. This isn't some uniquely DA proposal. I accept that ring-fencing could ...

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

There is this false dichotomy that JHB if you exclude water and electricity , there is some massive savings that are going to be experienced .. this is false .. the city from a staff and basic opex is extremely underfunded .. so again ? I ask how do you find a whole

Morolong@TowardsUhuruNov 5

Replying to @TowardsUhuru @Synesyfe

create a funding gap elsewhere, but you haven't quantified that gap or demonstrated why higher property rates, rather than improved efficiency, better revenue collection and reduced wasteful expenditure, would be the only solution.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

That’s the thing Cape Town has proved that they can if there is sufficient demand .. one can pass these things down .. Again let’s forget landlords ordinary folks who see their additional costs increase on top of a high interest rate environment..

Morolong@TowardsUhuruNov 5

Replying to @TowardsUhuru @Synesyfe

Even if rates increase, landlords cannot simply pass unlimited costs onto tenants. Rentals are still constrained by market demand, vacancies and affordability. And this assumes that the DA could even get such increases approved by a council it governs through a coalition.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

Because for the most part those revenue streams subsidise other cost items - therefore if they are no longer available .. how will the gap be filled other than increase in rates ?

Morolong@TowardsUhuruNov 5

Replying to @Synesyfe

That's a more reasonable argument, but you're making a significant assumption. Why must ring-fencing water and electricity revenue automatically translate into higher property rates? Johannesburg collected only 85.3% of billed revenue in 2025/26 and overspent its operating ...

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

It’s not that property prices and rentals will suddenly become unaffordable. A key part of the DA’s manifesto is restoring fiscal balance through increased revenue collection..

Morolong@TowardsUhuruNov 5

Can someone please explain to me, as if I were a five-year-old, how property prices and rent will suddenly become unaffordable if Zille and the DA take over Johannesburg? Because you guys keep making these ridiculous arguments.

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

The track record in Cape Town shows the doesnt tend to balance this with housing affordability.. so even though you can afford the bond .. the upkeep????

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Miss Status Quo@SynesyfeNov 5

It is incorrect to call people Idiots where there is a live case study .furthemore in instances where there is a revenue and capacity shortfall , the DA has by its own track record cherry picked areas to service …

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