While the governing party has a strong support base in the rural areas, increased anger could also be reflected on election day.
The African National Congress is expected to maintain control of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature after the May 8 general election, but there is speculation of growing discontent with the governing party among the province’s burgeoning black middle class.
The biggest threat to the party in KZN was a deepening disconnect between the ANC and the growing batch of black middle-class voters, among other constituencies, said Dube. He said this particular voting block would likely abstain on election day. Dube said the party was also squeezed between leadership committed to “modernity and fiefdom”, and that urban ANC voters were unhappy that those with “rural values” generally ruled the party.
In the 2014 general elections, with 3,887,840 votes cast in KZN and a turnout of 75.98%, the ANC won 64.52% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance with 12.76% and the IFP . “The DA will maintain or marginally increase its voter support base as its supporters are not too concerned about the leadership but rather the party’s policies and ideas.
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