Opinions differ widely about the true character of the EFF and what it really stands for since it gained seats in parliament in 2014.
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The rise in political parties and the explosion in the number of independents means that it’s no longer simply a race among the three major parties.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi deserves better than being dismissed as an apartheid stooge. But he deserves little praise as an advocate for human rights and civil liberties.
The FF+‘s constituency is overwhelmingly Afrikaner white Protestants. But, it appears to have made inroads among coloured conservatives.
The increase in rioting ahead of municipal elections in South Africa, such as that in Pretoria, suggests that the country’s general election in 2019 could be more violent than previous elections.
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