SACP eating into the ANC’s support base, especially in the Eastern Cape [SOUND]

# The SACP is emerging as one of the surprise performers of the local government elections, eating into the ANC’s support base. It contested the elections independently for the first time. Preliminary results show that the SACP has secured 2.48-percent of the votes nationally, while in the Eastern Cape, the ANC’s stronghold, it is currently third with 6.03-percent of the vote. The party is also recording encouraging support in Limpopo and the North West. SACP’s Mbulelo Mandlana says they are not surprised by the results: