All the events that are used to calculate the Political Risk Barometer can be found in our first three MetroMonitor reports: Report 1, Report 2, and Report 3. What is the Political Risk Barometer? The Political Risk Barometer is a real-time calculation of the...
Introduction In the absence of regular polling data, analysts look at by-election results to determine voters’ attitudes to political parties and to democracy in general. Since the November local government election (LGE) there have been 43 ward by-elections, with 12...
Introduction The dominance of one party (invariably the ANC or DA) in local councils is quickly coming to an end and coalition governments are increasing in frequency. Coalition governments and minority governments have been in place in a third of all municipalities...
Turning 21 is usually a cause for celebration. In the secular world it’s the age when a person enters adulthood, reaches maturity, and takes on greater responsibility. November 2021 marked 21 years and four full terms of local government in South Africa, but there...
The IEC held the first – and only – voter registration weekend in preparation for the local government election (LGE). In many ways the weekend was a success: over 430 000 people registered to vote for the first time; 91 percent were between the ages of 16 and 29; and...
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