The period prior to the 2014 South African national and provincial elections witnessed the mobilisation of numerous socio-economic and political forces. Consequently, the outcomes of the 2014 election is of particular importance in charting the political landscape that lies ahead. This article hypothesises that South African politics has undergone an incremental (but increasingly radical) shift towards the left of the political spectrum. Through an integrated analysis of trends in the ruling party, opposition politics, socio-economic conditions, organised labour and electoral outcomes, this hypothesis is confirmed
This thesis aims to make sense of Left politics in South Africa within the Tri-partite Alliance betw...
In this phase of South Africa's second political transition (manifesting characteristics of politica...
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfi...
On 7 May 2014, less than half a year after the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africans democraticall...
Summary • The ANC remains dominant in elections, despite the unpopularity of its leadership, massive...
This paper draws on political attitudes surveys conducted at the time of general elections to study ...
This article addresses the question of ‘the left’ in contemporary South Africa in two senses: first,...
The 2009 South African elections were somewhat different in terms of the positioning of the ruling p...
In the run up to South Africa's three national elections both academia and the media advocated that ...
Between 1994 and 2004, the South African electorate changed in a number of important respects. Appro...
Of South Africa’s nine provinces, Limpopo Province – in relation to the redistributive economic ...
The results of the 2016 local government elections in South Africa provided a new opportunity to ass...
The advent of multi-racial elections inaugurated democracy in South Africa in 1994. The results of s...
It is undeniable that the electoral dominance of the ANC has been steadily increasing since 1994 at ...
In South Africa’s new democracy two trends are becoming apparent: political centralisation and the w...
This thesis aims to make sense of Left politics in South Africa within the Tri-partite Alliance betw...
In this phase of South Africa's second political transition (manifesting characteristics of politica...
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfi...
On 7 May 2014, less than half a year after the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africans democraticall...
Summary • The ANC remains dominant in elections, despite the unpopularity of its leadership, massive...
This paper draws on political attitudes surveys conducted at the time of general elections to study ...
This article addresses the question of ‘the left’ in contemporary South Africa in two senses: first,...
The 2009 South African elections were somewhat different in terms of the positioning of the ruling p...
In the run up to South Africa's three national elections both academia and the media advocated that ...
Between 1994 and 2004, the South African electorate changed in a number of important respects. Appro...
Of South Africa’s nine provinces, Limpopo Province – in relation to the redistributive economic ...
The results of the 2016 local government elections in South Africa provided a new opportunity to ass...
The advent of multi-racial elections inaugurated democracy in South Africa in 1994. The results of s...
It is undeniable that the electoral dominance of the ANC has been steadily increasing since 1994 at ...
In South Africa’s new democracy two trends are becoming apparent: political centralisation and the w...
This thesis aims to make sense of Left politics in South Africa within the Tri-partite Alliance betw...
In this phase of South Africa's second political transition (manifesting characteristics of politica...
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfi...