New survey finds voters 'happy' for coalition to govern SA

New survey finds voters 'happy' for coalition to govern SA

The latest survey by the Brenthurst Foundation has found that 76% of voters polled would be happy for a coalition to govern South Africa. 

A flag of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) flies outside a polling station in Langa, near Cape Town, on November 1, 2021, during South Africa's local elections.
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This is up from 74% in October last year. 


A total of 29% of the voters preferred the Multi-Party Charter coalition, 25% an ANC-DA coalition, and 24% wanted an ANC-EFF coalition. 


The survey shows that the ANC’s support has fallen to 39 per cent, the DA’s has risen to 27 per cent, and Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe Party is at 13 per cent


The EFF  stands at 10% of the vote, according to the survey, while the IFP’s support has fallen to 2%, down from 7% in October 2023. 


In Gauteng, the survey has the DA at 32% of the vote (up from 24% in October 2023) and the ANC at 34% (down from 37% in October 2023). 


The Multi-Party Coalition (comprising the DA, IFP, ActionSA, FF+, ACDP, among others) has 38% of the vote.


There could be a political shake-up in KZN, with Zuma’s MK Party set to be the largest party in the province with 25% of the vote with the ANC (20%), DA (19%) and the IFP (19%) running neck-and-neck.


The aggregated vote for the Multi-Party Coalition is 39%.


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