South Africa’s opposition parties mounted an 11th-hour assault Sunday on the ruling ANC’s 30-year-old grip on power, staging large-scale rallies three days before what promises to be an historic general election.
Former South African President and uMkhonto weSizwe leader Jacob Zuma delivers a speech at the MK’s last rally in eMalahleni on May 26, 2024 ahead of the South African elections scheduled for May 29, 2024.
“On Wednesday, the ANC will lose the outright majority is has abused for decades … On Wednesday, we close the ANC chapter of our history.” From the left, former president Jacob Zuma, not legally a candidate because of a conviction for contempt of court, is marshalling his The party retains support among black South Africans grateful for the country’s democracy and support for the welfare state and economic empowerment programmes.But a younger generation, both black and white, which has grown up since the fall of apartheid is troubled by South Africa’s power cuts, high crime rate and soaring joblessness.
The ANC has played on fears that the DA would reverse 30 years of progress on economic and political equality and return power to a wealthy white elite.The DA had bussed her more than 900 kilometres from her Aston Bay home with her eight-year-old daughter for the rally. “To drive this economy, the people need a stable government with economic policies that will grow the private sector,” said Graham Gersback, 68, a local DA ward councillor at the rally.The ANC sliding under 50 percent would put the party and South Africa in uncharted waters, but analysts and opinion polls agree this is the most likely outcome.
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