The Freedom Front Plus is now the fifth biggest in Parliament, with 2.38% of the national vote. Though small compared with the three leading parties, the gains of the FF+ nevertheless came as something of a surprise. Keith Gottschalk and Dirk Kotze explain.
FF+ advocates founding an Afrikaner Council to represent the geographically dispersed Afrikaans-speakers in the country. It stands for Christian values and wants better law enforcement against farm murders. It ran on a campaign that included aWho are its supporters?The FF+’s biggest support base is in Gauteng. It has very little support in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Most of its new supporters voted previously for the Democratic Alliance.
In the South African context these are not merely material or class interests. It’s also about interests and expectations as a result of historical circumstances and about new opportunities versus fears of being excluded from these opportunities. Some would argue that more references to the Equality Court over allegations of hate speech are indicators of a rise in identity politics in South Africa.
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