Anti-Apartheid Legacy Gives ANC Upper Hand in South African Election
The ruling party has unrivaled brand awareness and the biggest campaign budget.
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Siyabonga Matlala is unequivocal about who he’ll support in South Africa’s May 8 election: the same party he’s backed since apartheid ended a quarter century ago.
“I will always vote African National Congress,” the 49-year-old farm laborer said in an interview in Fisantekraal, a shantytown on Cape Town’s outskirts. “There is no reason to change now.”