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South Africa: Domestic Politics

Appears in: Middle East and Africa, Geostrategy, South Africa, Foreign and Domestic Political Risk

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Background:

South Africa is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. Jacob Zuma assumed the presidency in May 2009 after winning 66% of the vote. He is the fourth president elected in multi-party democratic elections, and his party, the African National Congress (ANC), has been in power since the end of apartheid in 1991. The party is part of a formal alliance with the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party. The alliance provides a strong support base, but has led to diverging priorities for the ANC in recent years. The two main opposition parties are the Democratic Alliance and Congress of the People; however, neither has enough support to field a strong contender for the presidency.

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Associated Readings

News Financial Times Simon Mundy Aug 17, 2010 S African opposition parties agree to merge Analysis The Economist Sep 03, 2010 SA: With friends like these

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