The political party associated with anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela – the African National Congress (ANC) – may, for the first time since apartheid ended, be in a position to lose the next presidential elections in 2019. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder spoke with the University of Johannesburg’s Steven Friedman about the forces behind the ANC’s dwindling support.
The Cipher Brief: The ANC suffered losses in local elections last month. Where were these losses, and what are the demographics of the regions where the losses occurred?
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