(17 May 2024)
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Pretoria, South Africa – 16 May 2024
1. Various of political party election posters on light poles as cars drive by
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Johannesburg, South Africa – 16 May 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Levy Ndou, political analyst at Tshwane University of Technology:
“They speak about jobs, they speak about health care, they speak about service delivery, they speak about gender-based violence, they speak about load-shedding (power cuts). All these issues that I’m raising, crime and corruption. All these issues that I’m raising are in the manifestos of all the political parties. So, my expectation is for all political parties to go sit in parliament – develop a working strategy.”
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Pretoria, South Africa – 16 May 2024
3. Close of political party election posters on light poles
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Johannesburg, South Africa – 16 May 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Levy Ndou, political analyst at Tshwane University of Technology:
“Most political parties wait for the election results, and then they start arranging and talking about coalitions. But if other political parties can be able to perform or be organized due to the results and get a majority beyond the ANC (African National Congress) I see some political parties organizing themselves in order to dislodge the ANC from power.”
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Pretoria, South Africa – 16 May 2024
5. Wide of political party election posters on light poles
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Johannesburg, South Africa – 16 May 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Levy Ndou, political analyst at Tshwane University of Technology:
"Coalitions in the different metros (municipalities) have also taught us that they are not based on any principle, and if we could have that, the possibility is that we could still be moving towards a lot of instability in South Africa. And in my view, that is something that our leaders have to try and avoid. But unfortunately, coalitions are imposed on the political parties by the voters, and they are left with no other choice but to cooperate and work together.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pretoria, South Africa – 16 May 2024
7. Various of posters on light poles
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Johannesburg, South Africa – 16 May 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Levy Ndou, political analyst at Tshwane University of Technology:
"It makes the ANC to work harder. It makes the other political parties, who wish to take over governance from the ANC, to work even more harder. It also encourages ordinary citizens to go and participate in the elections because they know that if they don’t participate their parties might not be able to make it.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pretoria, South Africa – 16 May 2024
9. Mid tilt up from African National Congress poster to Inkatha Freedom party poster on a light pole
10. Close of posters of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus on light pole
STORYLINE:
South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party that has been in power since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC are struggling to keep their parliamentary majority and opinion polls predict that the party will likely receive less than 50% of the national vote for the first time in the May 29 election.
That doesn’t mean that the beleaguered ANC will be out of power in Africa’s most advanced economy.
So, the ANC is still expected to gain the largest share of votes.
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