Declining electoral support for South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), suggests a potential weakening of the anti-apartheid nationalism that defined the immediate post-apartheid period. Using two surveys of voters in primarily poor and working-class black areas, conducted during the 2014 (national) and 2016 (local) elections, as well as t...
Is ANC hegemony stable or in decline? The 2014 election provided support for both interpretations, as the ANC registered its fifth consecutive victory but with a declining share of the vote, especially in urban areas. In what ways and among which groups is the ANC maintaining its hegemony? This study draws on an exit survey of 3,782 voters in sixteen communities in...
[Violence et démocratie dans les protestations communautaires en Afrique du Sud.] Les protestations communautaires en Afrique du Sud sont souvent décrites comme violentes. Basé sur des articles de journaux, des entretiens avec des manifestants ainsi que des déclarations de fonctionnaires, cet article examine le sens de l'expression « manifestation violente ». Il mo...