In the Northern Cape the EFF provincial leadership has resigned from the party and gone back to the ANC.

In the Free State a regional co-ordinator of the EFF broke away from the party to form “The New EFF”, claiming that he is receiving support from many unhappy EFF members. Mr Wonder Sentimile is upset that the EFF Leaders are taking their Parliamentary benefits (medical aid, salary, air tickets) whilst there was a decision before the election not to do so.

Let’s not get carried away. The party’s heartland is North West and Limpopo, but the two provinces where people broke away did produce 13% of the EFF’s vote in the 2014 elections. If a party is at risk with 13% of its vote, it does bring to the fore THE critical test for opposition parties – do they have the staying power to remain sustainable and grow in subsequent elections?

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Written by political and trend analyst JP Landman