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Indications are that even an ANC victory at the polls is unlikely to reverse the party’s decline in popular support.
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
The African National Congress faces two big challenges: fewer South Africans trust it, while its electoral support has been waning.
Referenda have their place in democracy, but can also be misused.
The ANC, alienated from intellectuals and the middle class and having lost most of its talented youth leadership, is clearly on a downward path.
For a long time South Africa thought it had a Jacob Zuma problem. In fact its got a systemic ANC problem.
South Africa’s electoral commission’s failure to ensure a credible voters’ roll threatens to undo its legacy of free and fair elections.
The Algerian revolution had a profound effect on both Mandela and Fanon’s thinking about colonisation, oppression and freedom.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has performed remarkably well in protecting democracy since 1995.
Polls indicate that South Africans are unlikely to totally abandon the African National Congress.
South African voters are worried about how their country is being run. Most still support the ANC but in far fewer numbers.
As South Africa became an international pariah, it began working in shady ways through even more shady operators, including getting arms from the Soviet Union and China.
South Africa’s president has firmly thrown his weight behind the private sector. This could prove significant.
The ANC has lost so much support among its traditional voters it’s now forced to look beyond them to retain power.
Widespread concerns about the levels of immigration in South Africa make the issue appeal to voters across the economic and racial spectrum.
South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
South Africa’s new finance minister comes with considerable skills and political finesse needed to steer the country out of its economic quagmire.
Ramaphosa’s stimulus package is more interesting for what it says about the politics of economic decision making than for its likely impact on the economy.
Electoral support by trade union federation Cosatu has been a huge asset for South Africa’s governing ANC.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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