REAL POLITICS: Small parties chase big power at local level

REAL POLITICS: Small parties chase big power at local level

Tiny political parties that once barely made a dent at the polls are quietly positioning themselves to hold serious power after the next local government elections, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics.  Rise Mzansi, Build One South Africa and the GOOD party have begun talks to form a united centrist front ahead of the 2026 vote. Between them, they won just over one percent of the national vote in May. But they now hold influential seats in par…