Cape Town - Twitter had a field day after former City of Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba confirmed that he is starting a new political party, while former DA leader Mmusi Maimane dropped hints of his own.
The pair confirmed they had established new political formations late last year after abruptly departing South Africa's main opposition party, the DA.
Mashaba kept mum on the name of the new party, but promised that the party "would listen to the voices of ordinary citizens".
In a tweet posted on Sunday, Maimane said: “ Our movement for change is coming. Watch this space.
“It’s time we take back this space. Let citizens arise.”
While some South Africans expressed faith in Maimane and Mashaba, many remained doubtful.
Maimane and Mashaba are just wasting time and money with forming a new political party, they'll never get the sipport. They should have just joined the EFF, since they've been siding with them on a lot of instances.
— ❤ (@SnobRSA) January 21, 2020
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/MYANC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MYANCliberation movement.
New party vs EFF towards black votes. 😂😂😂
ANC alone will remain top.
— Joshua Humble man Mulaudzi (@HumbleMan24)
I support them, I have a lot of faith in HM in particular.
— OriginalMzantsiNative🇿🇦 (@NativeOfMzantsi) January 21, 2020
I just get worried when they talk things like collaborating with AU. There are SAns who want something from a govt that no political party offers & I think they can offer that, but only if they stay focused on SA & SAns.
Maimane and Mashaba should target the Western Cape as well as the obvious provinces.
— Sharné Zoë (@Zoe_SZi) January 21, 2020
The WC is ripe for new leadership, DA supporters there love Mmusi and there is enough indicating that the DA has failed black & coloured ppl.
It will be refreshing to see what they can do.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maimane?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Maimane #Mashaba🇿🇦🇿🇦
— Simon Grindrod (@SimonPGrindrod)
undefinedundefinedMaimane and Mashaba will be humbled ...I feel for them
— Bad Influencer ® (@Landless_Native) January 21, 2020
I still reiterate once again, those two will only win the educated vote, KZN will never vote for Mashaba, tribal uninformed uneducated and the devil we know VOTERS goes to the ANC make no mistake
...but good luck to them