Johannesburg - South Africans go to the polls Wednesday for parliamentary, provincial and local elections. After 30 years in power, Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) party could be forced into a coalition.
Johannesburg - South Africa ns go to the polls Wednesday for parliamentary, provincial and local elections. After 30 years in power, Nelson Mandela's Africa n National Congress party could be forced into a coalition., shows that a third of voters are still undecided - making the elections the most unpredictable in South Africa 's democratic history.Polls suggest the ANC's share of the vote could fall as low as 40 percent, compared with 57.5 percent in 2019.
If the ANC is forced into its first coalition, President Cyril Ramaphosa may face a leadership challenge. "South Africa was really a kind of incubator, a social laboratory for testing the ways that we think about democracy, governance and transitional societies undergoing change from authoritarian pasts to much more democratic presidents."South Africa could experience its second watershed moment as the black majority decides it needs change more than it needs to be thankful for liberation from apartheid.
"I don't think we're going to see the ANC get over 50 percent," Beardsworth said."They're going to have to negotiate a coalition. The big question is with whom?", which has for decades represented mostly the white and the rich - especially in the province of the Western Cape.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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