JSTOR Daily

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 ...
WUFT

In a historic election, South Africa's ANC loses majority for the first time

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has lost its outright majority for the first time in a devastating blow for the party once led by Nelson Mandela. The ANC has ...
NPR

Jacob Zuma banned from running in South Africa's election

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The Constitutional Court in South Africa has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma cannot run for parliament, just 9 days before what's being seen as the most pivotal ...
The Africa Report

South Africa elections: Will the DA stop the ‘doomsday coalition’?

Ahead of South Africa’s 29 May poll, the Democratic Alliance has positioned itself as the only party big enough to ‘rescue South Africa’ from the failures of the governing African National Congress, ...