Poll suggests we are nearing the end of ANC rule

[View in browser]( [Mail & Guardian]( M&G Mornings | Tue 24 Oct   [Ron Derby] Given the urgency of trying to find a long-term solution for some of the country’s many socio-economic crises, I’ve been asking myself one central question about next year’s elections: will coalitions be better at making decisions than the ANC? According to a poll by the Brenthurst Foundation and the Sabi Strategy Group, the ANC is set to lose its majority in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, which would be a nightmare for the party, if it was sober. If these polls are correct, then we are about to get an answer to my question. If a desperate ANC gets into a coalition with the Democratic Alliance-led Moonshot Pact, I’m just imagining how long it will take John Steenhuisen, Herman Mashaba, Velenkosini Hlabisa, Pieter Groenewald, Neil De Beer and Mmusi Maimane to reach consensus before reaching it with the ANC on an issue such as immigration. That’s a bad example because, sadly, most of our parties are following a very populist “nationalist” stance on the matter. An ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters coalition comes with its own complications, a battle between those wounded by the ruling party and exiled and those who have managed to remain power brokers within. It’s the 2024 question. Ron Derby | Editor-in-Chief [@Ronderby]( [Elections 2024: ANC losses predicted in KZN, Gauteng]( The governing party is likely to poll between 43% and 45% nationally in next year’s elections, Brenthurst Foundation poll says [// Read more]( [Ramokgopa hails progress on electricity but warns on Koeberg]( The electricity minister says having both generating units at the nuclear power station offline would be a disaster [// Read more]( [The recession resulting from the pandemic is having an overwhelming impact on trade]( Premium [Conflict economics: America and the centre that will not hold]( As two wars rage, the International Monetary Fund has warned that geopolitical fragmentation will hurt a still fragile global economy [// Read more]( ADVERTISEMENT Recommended Reads [World Rugby looking into Mbonambi’s alleged racial slur]( An official investigation has been launched into Bongi Mbonambi allegedly directing a racial slur at Tom Curry of England [// Read more]( [Avian flu pushes egg prices upwards, but not for long]( Steps to control the spread of the disease and moves to import products, plus the possible use of vaccines, should result in egg supplies improving [// Read more]( [Africa’s governments must protect subsea cable infrastructure]( South Africa has a role to play in safeguarding of the numerous cable networks off its coast and beyond for greater cybersecurity [// Read more]( [Adam Broomberg: Two positions at once]( ‘There’s been no mixing of Palestinians and Israelis like there was in South Africa’ [// Read more]( [Pentagon amps up posture in Mideast in response to Iran ‘escalations’]( The US Secretary of Defence ordered the activation of air defence systems and notified additional forces that they may be deployed soon [// Read more]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Mail & Guardian Media LTD · 25 Owl St · Braamfontein · Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001 · South Africa