What the ANC’s Terminal Decline Means for the Future of South Africa
The latest polling from the Social Research Foundation and The Common Sense suggests that the ANC is in terminal decline and that South Africa’s political fragmentation is deepening.
On top of that, the latest data suggest that the ANC has now additionally become trapped between two issues, which are serving as accelerants for that decline.
The first is Phala Phala.
To the extent that this is true, it is proving effective in accelerating the ANC’s decline.
The major metro data show the extent of that.
In Johannesburg and eThekwini, the ANC is polling below or at 20%. In Tshwane it is just above 30%.