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Tag: KwaZulu-Natal

Election 2024 [11] Immediate takeaways from the latest SRF KZN poll


A thread: “Immediate takeaways from the latest SRF KZN poll”. This thread looks at the latest SRF market survey in KwaZulu-Natal, and some of the national and provincial implications that flow from MK’s performance in it.

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Election 2024 [6]: How did the EFF do so well in 2019?


A thread: “How did the EFF do so well in 2019?” This thread looks at the EFF, and its performance in the 2019 national and provincial elections – how it grew, where it grew and what factors drove its growth.

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Election 2024 [3]: How the IFP survived Buthelezi’s disastrous leadership


A Thread: “How the IFP survived Buthelezi’s disastrous leadership”. This thread explores the IFP’s electoral record nationally and, in detail, in KZN , along with its decline under Buthelezi and small revival in 2019 (with nice graphs!)

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