2026 Municipal Polls | Voters fundamentally reshaping political landscape

South Africa's political landscape is no longer defined simply by one dominant party and a collection of smaller challengers. The 2024 election fundamentally changed the arithmetic, and the formation of the Government of National Unity has turned coalition politics from a possibility into a governing reality.

The bigger question now is whether we are witnessing a temporary political arrangement, or the beginning of a permanent realignment.
Are voters moving away from the old political loyalties?

The real test is not simply who sits around the Cabinet table... it is whether South Africans are becoming more willing to divide their votes — and, ultimately, whether that is creating a completely new political map. For more we joined by Angelo Fick, the Research Director at the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute.

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