OPINION | First steps in South Africa’s new coalition game
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South Africa’s coalition game 2024 is on!
Voter choices corroborate public opinion polls circa 2024
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pre-election public opinion polls started converging with election results
In the hands of SA voter – turnout and choice on Election Day 2024
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A series of divergent push-and-pull factors will be driving South Africa’s 27.8 million voters as
Theatre of broken coalition kingmaker ambitions soon to unfold at IEC
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Theatre of broken coalition kingmaker ambitions soon to unfold at the IEC ‘cinema’