Zuma Party could end ANC dominance, SRF says

A new political party in South Africa backed by former president Jacob Zuma may end the dominance of the African National Congress, which has ruled the country since the end of apartheid, the Social Research Foundation said.

Polling by the foundation suggests the new party could pick up 24% of the vote in Zuma’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa’s second most populous. South Africa is due to hold national and provincial elections this year but a date hasn’t been set.

Garnering that level of support in the province would slash the ANC’s national tally by about five percentage points, Frans Cronje, chairman of the SRF, said in comments sent to Bloomberg.