News24's Friday Briefing: Is the ANC bulletproof?
Election season is officially here and the stakes are high. With exactly two months to go to the national and provincial elections, political parties are ramping up their campaigns, using every possible opportunity to get their message out. Most still have a lot of work to do to convince voters to draw the X's next to their names.
The lastest polls show that the ANC is losing support, dropping to 54,7% of the vote nationally from over 62% in 2014. This, while the DA's support is predicted to stay stable and the EFF's support will likely go up nationally. But while the predicted shifts in voter behaviour will have many nuanced implications, it seems unlikely that the status quo will change after the elections. Despite the fact that the ruling party has had one of its toughest years yet due to the exposure of its central role in the wholesale corruption of the state, it will remain the majority party according to the polls.
In this week's edition of Friday Briefing assistant editor for in-depth news Pieter du Toit considers how the ANC is able to retain its majority support. News24 columnist Mpumelelo Mkhabela suggests a way for the ANC and government to regain its credibility and media expert William Bird looks at ways fake news and disinformation can be fought ahead of the election.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tensions de-escalate as Pakistan hands over captured Indian fighter pilot | IOL NewsPakistan handed the pilot over to Indian authorities late Friday night.
Read more »
PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results, Friday, 1 March, 2019Here are the winning PowerBall lottery numbers from Friday night’s live draw.
Read more »
State Capture Inquiry to resume on Friday - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.The State Capture Commission is expected to hear the evidence from Eskom officials, Gert Opperman and Johann Bester, on Friday morning in Parktown, Johannesburg.
Read more »
Deadline for NSFAS appeals is this Friday - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has urged all students who were unsuccessful in their bid for financial assistance to lodge their appeals by this Friday.
Read more »
Eskom says risk remains for scheduled power cuts on FridayThe power system reportedly remains tight and vulnerable and while the utility is making every effort to limit load shedding.
Read more »
Zondo commission takes a break until FridayWhat has thus far surfaced in evidence is that Eskom foot soldiers at management level were bound to toe the line, lest they be fired.
Read more »
Load shedding risk high for Friday, rest of weekend, says EskomThere is an increased risk of rotational load shedding today, as Eskom tries to conserve water and diesel to minimise the risk of further power cuts in the coming week, the power utility said on Friday morning.
Read more »
Eskom says increased risk of load shedding for Friday, weekendEarlier on Friday, the power utility said its reserves had improved slightly and added there was low probability of shedding for the weekend.
Read more »
JSE likely to edge higher on Friday morningAfrican Rainbow Minerals and Distell Group reported results on Friday morning
Read more »