The Multi-Party Charter, commonly known as “the Moonshot Pact,” is the first formal multiparty agreement of its nature in recent South African politics. Nevertheless, South Africa’s opposition parties have struggled to make significant inroads into the ANC’s majority. In 2019, the ANC under President Cyril Ramaphosa won a hefty 57.5 percent of the vote. Cronje claims that few opposition voters actually care about the party they vote for. In contrast, his research reveals that there is still a lingering nostalgia among South Africans for the ANC, which was, after all, the party of liberation from apartheid.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 20, 2023 14:24 UTC