Boardroom Talk – Malema, Trump do best in latest polls on 2024 SA and US elections

Boardroom Talk – Malema, Trump do best in latest polls on 2024 SA and US elections

The real story is a surge in popularity for the EFF.
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By Alec Hogg

The big takeaway from the Brenthurst Foundation's latest poll, released yesterday, will trouble any sensible South African. While the media reports focused on the continued slide of the ANC (now 41%) and a narrowing of the gap between it and the Multi Party Charter (36%) – the real story is a surge in popularity for the EFF.

The image above tells the story. The poll looks promising for the MPC, whose constituents gained two percentage points in the past year, thanks to the IFP. That takes the alliance to within five percentage points of the ANC. But the EFF, which pundits claimed had stalled around 10%, jumped six percentage points to 17%.

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