Policy Brief - South Africa’s May 2024 Elections: Will the African

The shining light of the liberation movement and its leader Nelson Mandela is no longer enough to keep the ANC in power Among all the liberation organizations that proliferated in the context of apartheid, the ANC shined the brightest. [...] Moreover, the ANC was associated with the image of Nelson Mandela, the hero of South African independence and the downfall of the apartheid regime, an association that made the ANC the party around which South Africa revolved. [...] The election of the latter did end the dominance of the ANC by the Xhosas. [...] The ANC fears that Zuma and the new party will deprive it of the Zulu vote and is doing everything it can to neutralize them.2 The ANC’s efforts do not seem to be bearing fruit; indeed, the judiciary has just overturned the decision of the electoral commission regarding the invalidation of Jacob Zuma’s candidacy under the MK banner. [...] About the Policy Center for the New South The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of Africa as integral parts of the global South.