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The EFF as a ‘gateway party’? Briefing based on data from the 2021 South African local government elections

This briefing offers three contributions concerning the voter profile of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), as witnessed at the 2021 elections in South Africa. The first is that the party’s support ...
The Conversation

South African voters shifted support in 2024 but that’s nothing new – surveys after previous elections showed party loyalty was fluid

Carin Runciman received funding from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in South Africa for this research. The analysis represents the views of the authors only. Marcel Paret does not work for, consult, own ...
The New York Times

South Africa’s Young Democracy Leaves Its Young Voters Disillusioned

We spoke to South Africans who grew up in the three decades since the country overthrew apartheid and held its first free election about their lives and plans to vote — or not — in this week's pivotal ...
Reuters

Toilet row grabs headlines in South African election

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans voted on Wednesday in municipal elections in which squalid, open toilets built for the poor have become a potent symbol of local government neglect, nearly 20 ...