The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is considering terminating local government coalition agreements with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), raising questions about its impact on the ANC’s 2024 re-election prospects.
Economic Freedom Fighters supporters carry a mock coffin covered with an African National Congress flag at EFF’s 10th anniversary rally in Marikana on July 26, 2023.
With national elections looming – expected to take place somewhere between May and the middle of August next year – questions arise about whether this fracture will help or hinder the ANC’s chances of re-election.Also receive offers from The Africa Report's partners Perhaps the most scathing assessment of the fraught relationship comes from the ANC’s head of political education, David Makhura, during the NEC’s sitting last month. Makhura referred to the EFF in a documentAlso receive offers from The Africa Report's partners
On the one hand, the EFF must prove that it is indeed a better alternative to the ruling party, while the ANC needs to “go back to its roots” and convince its support base to cast votes once again.Ndou notes a lack of trust in viable candidates among South African citizens. “You will notice that during the previous local government elections, many people did not show up to vote.”
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