I agree that the mountain for the DA is going to be very steep. It has been obvious for some time that the coalition government will be ANC with the EFF as kingmaker and there are going to be some interesting demands made by the latter. The socialist statements and Bell Pottinger rubbish made by these two will never be questioned by the majority of voters as anything but gospel. The country is on a slippery slope to end up like most of Africa and this will not be arrested. Sounds very negative I know but after working and experiencing life in more than half the sub-Saharan continent it's as plain as daylight despite the fact that Africa is such a wealthy continent. We have it all in depth - minerals, oil, fertile soil, water, economic labor, abundant flora and fauna - yet Africa is wracked with disease, illiteracy and poverty. Greedy, incompetent and corrupt governance has bred these triplets of shame.