Bloomberg.gif Protests Cut ANC Support in S. Africa's Capital eNCA Poll Finds Democratic Alliance has 42% support in Pretoria, while ANC support has fallen to 23% Michael Cohen, Bloomberg, 30 June 2016 Support for South Africa's ruling African National Congress has slumped in the capital, Pretoria, following violent protests over the party's choice of mayoral candidate, the latest eNCA public-opinion survey before Aug. 3 municipal elections shows. Just 23 percent of respondents in the Tshwane municipality, which includes Pretoria, who were surveyed by telephone this week said they would vote for the ANC, down 4 percentage points from a week earlier, according to the poll, which was compiled for the broadcaster by research company Ipsos. Support for the opposition Democratic Alliance surged to 42 percent from 36 percent, and for the Economic Freedom Fighters to 11 percent from 9 percent, the broadcaster said in a statement. Five people died, shops were looted and 270 people were arrested last week, after the ANC's nomination of lawmaker and former agricultural minister Thoko Didiza as its mayoral candidate for Tshwane met with widespread resistance. The protests were the latest setback for the ANC, which was already losing support due to rising discontent over a lack of jobs, decent housing and education, and a series of scandals that have implicated its leader, President Jacob Zuma. "Roughly one-third of voters said last week's flare-up influenced or changed their decision on who to vote for," eNCA said. "The ANC seems likely to lose control of the capital city." In Johannesburg, the economic hub, support for the ANC dropped 1 percentage point to 31 percent, while backing for the DA increased by the same margin to 33 percent, the poll showed. The EFF garnered 11 percent support, up from 9 percent. In the southern Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, which incorporates the city of Port Elizabeth, backing for the ANC was unchanged at 27 percent, while the DA's rose 2 percentage points to 39 percent. Support for the EFF fell 2 percentage points to 7 percent. From: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-30/protests-slash-anc-support -in-south-africa-s-capital-poll-finds __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13733 (20160630) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/001e01d1d30f%246942f120%243bc8d360%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
