The Wall Street Journal writes that millions of young black voters born after the end of apartheid have known little but poverty and marginalization following years of ANC governance A quarter-century after Nelson Mandela became this nation’s first black president, his African National Congress is struggling
Ferrial Haffajee’s article in Fin24 writes that, at Stage 4 load shedding, the ANC election outcome would have been lower than now expected. Across three different sets of opinion polls, the ANC is set for a decent victory even after what its own leaders have called
News24 explains the three key factors that will influence the 2.2 million undecided voters in the upcoming SA Elections 2019, according to the latest South African Citizens Survey (SACS) data. These factors are: (1) Political party and political leader preferences (2) Party alignment with solving priority issues (3) Perceptions
Andisiwe Makinana mentions in this TimesLive article that the country’s 2.2 million undecided voters will be swayed by political party and political leader preferences, how those parties plan to solve priority issues, and perceptions on who is to blame for the Eskom crisis. The country’s 2.2 million undecided
Sharon Wood (Business Maverick) writes about the economics of low voter turnouts and how, according to the 2019 Q1 South African Citizens Survey (SACS) data, South Africans are seemingly disassociating specific leaders from their respective parties. Voter fallout, particularly among youth voters, pose significant political and
The Citizen explains that the red berets – rather than official opposition the DA – are picking up lost ANC voters according to a newly released survey. Research from the SA Citizens Survey (SACS) has found there has been a 2% drop in the ANC’s support
Sethembiso Zulu | According to the recent South African Citizens Survey, more than 4,5 million eligible young South Africans have no plans to vote on 8 May. So what are political parties getting so wrong? In the first part of this episode, we gain insights from activist Mpho
Stephen Grootes’ column in Daily Maverick explains that South Africa has a depressingly high rate of unemployment, and yet it has hardly featured as an issue in the 2019 election campaigns. This while more than half the country’s young people are unemployed, and probably unemployable,
Jonah Dylan’s column in Daily Maverick unpacks the 2019 Q1 South Afrucan Citizens Survey findings that show a decrease in support for the ANC, yet another drop in trust for Eskom, and an all-time high number of unmotivated voters. The ANC is expected to earn 61%
Marvin Charles explains some of the insights from the latest Q1 South African Citizens Survey (SACS) data in the Cape Argus, including how load shedding has impacted upon the potential electoral performance of the ANC in the upcoming 8th May elections as well as how the EFF