Why Born Frees are over the ANC – The Wall Street Journal

DUBLIN — For about 20 years, nothing much changed in South African politics. The ANC dominated with almost two-thirds of the vote, and the DA acted as the main opposition. But something shifted in the last election. Old voting habits broke as ANC voters shifted their allegiance to the breakaway EFF party. As we head into Wednesday's election, the EFF seems poised to nearly double its 2014 vote share since – at least according to the polls – while the DA holds constant at its 2014 level and the ANC sheds votes. What accounts for this evolution in voting behaviour? This WSJ articles argues that what we are seeing is disillusioned, hopeless, unemployed young voters abandoning the mother ship in favour of a party they hope will bring about a material change in their living conditions. – Felicity Duncan

Young South Africans Chafe Under the Party Mandela Built

By Gabriele Steinhauser and Thandi Ntobela

(The Wall Street Journal) ALEXANDRA, South Africa – A quarter-century after Nelson Mandela became this nation's first black president, his African National Congress is struggling to overcome skepticism from an unlikely part of the electorate: young black voters born into a democratic South Africa.

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