Coloured community voting patterns expose historic challenges

By Christo van der RheedeThe past elections in the Western Cape expose deep historic divisions and unresolved challenges, especially in the “coloured” community.Coloured voters voted primarily for the DA, Patriotic Alliance (PA) and National Coloured Congress (NCC); previously the Cape Coloured Congress) in recent elections. A smaller number of people voted for the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), GOOD, Africa Restoration Alliance and the People’s Movement for Change.The ANC, which received a fair number of coloured votes in previous elections, has now received notably…