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17 December 2025
Complete Mapping Index
All basic maps, for all metros, are now complete. This post is nothing more than an index to the complete set of metro maps. They include: individual party support, leading party, second biggest party, turnout and support for other parties. They will be supplemented next year but, for the moment, this is just a helpful post that gives you a set of direct links to all basic indicators. Next year, they will form the foundation of much more analysis, statistics and maps to come. Until then, have a good break, and thank you for subscribing.
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Public perceptions on Kill the Boer
The Social Research Foundation (SRF) recently commissioned a short, nationally representative survey on public perceptions around free speech, hate speech and the song Kill the Boer. The survey was conducted by Victory Research (of which I am the CEO). The SRF was kind enough to let me set out the findings. What follows is a summary of the key insights.
29 January 2013
The ANC’s top ten ‘treasonous’ people
FEATURE: As the ANC has turned its bullying gaze towards First National Bank, so one of its perennial slurs has once again been invoked – ‘treason’, and the suggestion that FNB was attempting to overthrow the government. It is a hysterical and wholly inaccurate accusation, designed to silence criticism and shut down debate – and FNB is not the first to be labelled ‘treasonous’ by the ANC. Here follows a list of ten such instances. In each case the charge is outlandish and wrong, and, in each case, it is used as a response to disagreement rather than any actual threat. Perhaps more importantly, together they describe a party out of touch both with reality and its own history.
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