GARETH VAN ONSELEN: Bonfire of the opposition cannibals
The true SA opposition suffers one problem above all others: it spends most of its time cannibalising itself
04 March 2020 - 05:00
Here is the percentage of the vote occupied by the consolidated opposition for every national election since 1994:
1994: 37.35% (ANC 62.65%) 1999: 33.65% (ANC 66.35%) 2004: 30.31% (ANC 69.61%) 2009: 34.10% (ANC 65.90%) 2014: 37.85% (ANC 62.15%) 2019: 42.50% (ANC 57.50%)..
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