Newcomers such as Herman Mashaba's Action SA (2%) and Gayton McKenzie's Patriotic Front (PF) – and a plethora of independent candidates (10%) – make up the new more diverse political landscape...

Parties such as Good led by Western Cape veteran Patricia de Lille Gayton McKenzie's Patriotic Alliance Bantu Holomisa's United Democratic Movement Mangosuthu Buthelezi's Inkatha and the African Christian Democratic Party all hope for big gains from narrowly targeted local campaigns...

Influential outsidersOutside the ANC the two most influential politicians in the province are probably the DA's Randall Williams and the Patriotic Alliance (PA)'s Gayton McKenzie...

The deal was facilitated by Gayton McKenzie a convicted bank robber and founder of the Patriotic Alliance Party...

The Patriotic Alliance founded last November by businessmen Gayton McKenzie and bon vivant Kenny Kunene the latter briefly a member of the EFF has floundered nationally but has found support in the Western Cape although predominantly among the mixed-race community drawing support away from the DA more than the ANC (AC Vol 54 No 16 Tilting at the ANC)...