Electoral and political intelligence
2026-04-26
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South Africa's Government of National Unity Under Stress: MK's Rise and the Road to 2029
Twenty two months after the African National Congress fell below 50 percent for the first time since 1994, the ten party Government of National Unity has held together on the budget vote and broken on signature legislation. The MK Party has displaced the Economic Freedom Fighters as the leading opposition voice, KwaZulu Natal sits outside the GNU envelope, and the 2029 succession question has already begun to reorder the cabinet.
On May 29, 2024, the African National Congress recorded 40.18 percent of the National Assembly vote, its first sub majority result since 1994, returning 159 of 400 seats. The Democratic Alliance held second place at 21.81 percent (87 seats), the Umkhonto we Sizwe Party led by former President Jacob Zuma took 14.58 percent (58 seats) on it...