BN Edge | Mulder: coalitions, the GNU and the case for an early national election

Eight weeks before the vote, Corné Mulder promised Alec Hogg a surprise. His Freedom Front Plus delivered its best result since 1994, but Mulder was more interested in what came next. He set out a three-party plan to run Gauteng's metros without the ANC, said it could be wrapped up within a week if a few personality clashes were settled, and drew a hard line: if the DA chose the ANC in Johannesburg, the FF Plus was out everywhere. He then went further, laying out a little-discussed constitutional route that could take South Africans back to the polls well before 2029. Mulder also weighed in on Helen Zille's soft words for Cyril Ramaphosa, ActionSA's township breakthrough, a disappointing night for Gayton McKenzie, and whether the party's Afrikaans name still caps its growth.