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CapeXit? Separatists bid to split South Africa (ewn.co.za)"South Africa cannot be saved, Cape Independence is our only hope," read the leaflets issued by the Cape Independence Party.
Also known as CapeXit, in a nod to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, the group is one of a couple campaigning for a separate state in Cape Town's Western Cape region ahead of May 29 national and provincial elections.
Small and with little support, theirs is bound to remain a pipedream.
But analysts say the parties' bombastic demand is symptomatic of a wider Western Cape frustration with the central government that is likely to turn into louder calls for devolution.
"The worse the country gets, the more popular Cape independence becomes," said CapeXit leader Jack Miller, 39.
Frustration with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), accused of corruption and mismanagement, is ubiquitous across South Africa as it heads to the polls.
Thirty years after the party came to power bringing an end to apartheid rule, the economy is at a standstill, unemployment sits above 30 percent, poverty is widespread and crime rampant.
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