PA’s Cilliers on party’s big breakthrough, assesses Election’24 as “triumph for democracy”

Among the major stories of Election’24 is a surging Patriotic Alliance, the ten year old political party which will now be sending its first MPs to the National Assembly - and also filling a significant number of seats in provincial parliaments. The PA’s strategist Charles Cilliers speaks to us from the Results Operating Centre in Gauteng, sharing insights into the major features of South Africa’s surprise-filled National and Provincial Elections. He reckons the over-riding conclusion is that this has been a triumph for SA’s young democracy. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.