Voter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has slipped further ahead of next month’s national election, but the biggest loser was the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, according to an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos.
The ANC has the support of 40.2% of voters, Ipsos said in a report released on Friday. That compares with 40.5% in a survey published on 6 February and 43% in October.Ipsos’s poll found support for the main opposition Democratic Alliance strengthening slightly to 21.9%, from 20.5% in February.
It also showed that the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party backed by former President Jacob Zuma is drawing support from the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters. Ipsos placed the EFF at 11.5%, down from 19.6% in February, and the so-called MKP at 8.4%.It is scary that one in five South Africans support MK and EFF. That support should be looney fringe levels of one in twenty.Realistically the ANC will still be part of a government, as the Multi Party Alliance will not get 50% on their own.
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