PA leader Gayton McKenzie: It's time to 'take back the WC' from DA

CAPE TOWN - Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie says it’s time to "take back" the Western Cape, adding that the Democratic Alliance's (DA) time is up after governing for over a decade.

McKenzie was speaking in Cape Town on Tuesday, where he announced that five other parties have pledged allegiance to the PA as it tries to win over coloured voters from the DA.

The parties said 15 years is too long for one party to govern the province and change is needed.

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The PA has positioned itself as the alternative for coloured voters in the province.

Mckenzie said there’s a lot of misinformation about the DA’s performance in most areas of the province.

He predicted that the DA would drop below 40% in the provincial vote.

"The main reason why we called you here is to tell you that the Western Cape is about to change. We are taking back the Western Cape."

Colan Sylvester of the Oudtshoorn Community Initiative says his party is fully behind the PA.

"The only party able to rebuild South Africa is the Patriotic Alliance and that’s why we’ve agreed to work with the PA for these upcoming elections."

But Mckenzie said they are willing to work with all parties in the province and they’re not just targeting coloured communities.

Meanwhile, the PA says it isn’t just focusing on the DA-governed Western Cape.

It also wants to unseat the African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape.

McKenzie said the ANC in the Northern Cape should be unseated much like the DA in the Western Cape.

"We’ve got the same activity in the Northern Cape trying to unseat the ANC. Now if I can tell you a secret, we are spending more money in the Northern Cape than we are spending in the Western Cape because for us to unseat the ANC, we are going for an outright majority in the Northern Cape. So, they’re in bigger trouble that’s why the president said they would deal with me."