Musa Thwala, the founder of the KwaZulu-Natal political party Team Sugar South Africa, has taken his vote-buying strategy to another level by giving supporters cash in hand.
In January, Scrolla.Africa reported how Thwala won a hard-fought by-election in his hometown of Newcastle as he gave out electronic goods to people who wanted to vote.
Powerful parties like IFP and ANC had thrown everything in that by-election but it was TSSA’s strategy that won the hearts and minds of the voters.
Thwala was recently recorded on video giving money to his followers during a recent rally.
He seemed to be doing it for himself and was shameless giving R100 to each person around the community hall leading them in a song.
Giving food to potential voters has been a strategy that has worked well for the ANC over the decades. On the eve of important elections or by-elections, party leaders often visit communities, going door-to-door handing out party t-shirts and promises of better services. In highly contested areas, the group delivers truckloads of food parcels to the poor in hopes of getting votes.
Recently the Secretary of the ANC in KZN, Mr Bheki Mtolo delivered food parcels to Ward 11 in Maphumulo the day before the important by-election. The voters took away food, but the IFP won the votes.
For Thawala who is the leader of the TSSA, buying votes has worked for him and his party as he is now the deputy mayor in the local municipality of Newcastle.
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