Setumo Stone | ANC and DA manifestos may as well have been written by same person

Put the African National Congress (ANC)’s and Democratic Alliance (DA)’s 2026 local government manifestos side by side, and the resemblance can be unsettling. The parties still come from very different political traditions. The ANC describes itself as a movement of transformation. The DA presents itself as the party of markets, merit, and clean administration. Yet on some of the biggest questions…