"social grants, youth unemployment, land reform, unemployment, poverty, crime, corruption, free education, rural development, service delivery, health care, minimum wage"--Cover Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction : the South African elections of 2019 / Roger Southall and Collette Schulz-Herzenberg. South African democracy following elections 2019 / Roger Southall -- Credible but flawed : the management of the elections / Kealeboga J. Maphunye -- Trends in voter participation : registration, turnout and the disengaging electorate / Collette Schulz-Herzenberg -- A campaign born of desperation : the 'good ANC' battles the 'bad ANC' in the electoral last chance saloon / Anthony Butler -- The Democratic Alliance at the crossroads : the quest for Afro-liberalism / Zwelethu Jolobe -- The Economic Freedom Fighters : authoritarian or democratic contestant? / Benjamin Roberts -- The smaller parties : who's in and who's out ? / Cherrel Africa -- Beyond the botnets : the media and 2019 general elections / Jane Duncan -- The gender gap and the 2019 elections / Amanda Gouws -- The 2019 national elections results / Collette Schulz-Herzenberg -- Provincial dynamics and results in elections 2019 / Thokozani Chilenga-Butao -- South African democracy following elections 2019 / Roger Southall and Collette Schulz-Herzenberg.
Summary:
"The sixth general election since the arrival of democracy occured at a critical moment in South Africas's history. Since sweeping to a fifth electoral victory under the leadership of President Jacob Zuma in 2014, the ANC had become embroiled in one social scandal and failure of governance after another. It had allowed the state to be captured' by outside interests, corruption had flourished, the economy had plunged and the ruling party itself had become deeply divided between competing factions. When Cyril Ramaphosa, running on a reformist platform, won the race to become party leader at the ANC's national conference in December 2017, the stage was set for him to revive the economy and cleanse the state of corruption. Yet his narrow victory meant his internal party opponents remained sharply divided between pro and anti-Zuma factions. Ramaphosas road to reform was thus strewn with numerous obstacles."--Back cover.
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