Chris Hattingh | Head of Policy Analysis | Centre for Risk Analysis | mail me |
Accelerated Change
2023 is poised to be a year of accelerated change in and for South Africa. As the country heads toward a general election in 2024, a sea-change is on the cards. The African National Congress (ANC) are by all accounts on the point of obtaining below 50% at the voting booth; some estimates have the party even under 45%.
With ANC support on the decline – the result of record-high unemployment (between 45%-50% on the expanded definition), persistent loadshedding, and low economic growth prospects (all resulting from the party’s own policy decisions of the last 15 years), it appears that the time is ripe for coalition government to enter the South African political landscape.
Regardless of how exactly things shake out in 2024 when …
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