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Title:A (qualified) reaffirmation of ANC hegemony: assessing South Africa's 2009 election
Author:Hamill, JamesISNI
Year:2010
Periodical:Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies (ISSN 0258-9346)
Volume:37
Issue:1
Pages:3-23
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:African National Congress (South Africa)
elections
2009
political opposition
opposition parties
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589346.2010.492147
Abstract:This article analyses South Africa's 2009 general election, the fourth of the democratic era. It contends that while the pre-election period created a number of opportunities for the principal opposition parties, the outcome was a disappointment for them, at least in terms of seriously eroding the national electoral dominance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The article seeks to offer a number of explanations for the ANC's fourth consecutive victory while also recognizing that 2009 did not provide it with an unambiguously positive mandate. The outcome might best be characterized as one of qualified hegemony in which the ANC may now have passed its electoral high water mark. The 2009 poll has created some useful bridgeheads for the opposition from which they can make further advances if they can demonstrate the tactical flexibility, the political acumen, the organizational skills, and the staying power to do so. Bibliogr., note, sum. [Journal abstract]
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