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SA’s most accurate poll shows ANC down to 32% - its populist gamble has backfired

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The Social Research Foundation’s latest polling results should send shockwaves through the former ruling political party which has been gambling on populist ideas to get its vote share back above 50%. South African voters have swung the other way, dropping the ANC’s guaranteed support by 13 percentage points from 45% six months ago. A clear majority also want Cyril Ramaphosa to resign and spark another General Election. The SRF’s head of research Gabriel Makin spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.
24 Feb 6AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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