"I'm not so sure about COPE," said Vuyo Tsotso, who lives in a metal shack with no water or electricity in a shantytown near Johannesburg and makes about 10 rand ($1.10) a day selling scrap wiring. "I don't think they care about us. I don't think they're going to give us the houses and jobs the ANC will," he said.
Opposition Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said the ANC could turn the country into another failed Afican state. "That's how the closed, crony society for comrades works. It's about making a few people rich and everyone else poor. It's about jobs for pals and deals for political contacts," said Zille, dubbed "Godzille" for her no-nonsense style.
Tsotso and Zille along with millions of others are supporters of the status quo: in post-election South Africa, capitalism will continue - it will be business as usual.
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