Ramifications of an ANC electoral decline

The November polls could redraw the balance of power, rattle Ramaphosa and reshape coalition politics ahead of 2029

If the DA gets a percentage of the vote which is closer to that of the ANC or even higher in the elections, the power dynamics in the GNU and the state will change in such a way that it will force the ANC to treat the DA as an equal power when it comes to policy-making and decision-making.

This would force a shift away from the current GNU policy-making process, whereby the ANC insists its party policies automatically become the GNU policies rather than coming up with new joint policies with its coalition partners, which is the norm globally for successful national coalition governments.

It is possible that former ANC and