The Test of SA Democracy: August 2016 Elections

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 20 Jul 2016 by Iraj Abedian

On August 3, 2016, South Africa will hold its nationwide local government elections. Since its last local government elections in 2011, much has changed in the country’s political economy landscape. The governing tripartite alliance of the ANC, the SA Communist Party (SACP) and COSATU has been torn apart both from within and without. Internally, the alliance has never been so divided. From outside, the emergence of a new populist and largely youthful party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tested the governing alliance’s mettle on many fronts.

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