NEWS ANALYSIS: What voters want and why the ANC is getting it wrong
Polling shows more South Africans support merit-based appointments and reject the Expropriation Act
19 May 2025 - 05:00
The ANC has corrupted transformative policies, resulting in an erosion of support for them and a loss of confidence in the party’s ability to implement them.
The former liberation movement finds itself in a strange position: since 2017, it has doubled down on what it terms transformative policies, which to its political opponents appear more radical, populist policies — land expropriation without compensation, National Health Insurance and enhanced employment equity provisions...
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