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GOVERNANCE

SAFA: When the ballot does not end the governance question

SAFA’s election may have settled who leads the association. It has not settled the deeper governance question.

  • Nqobani Mzizi
7 min read
National polls can miss the local economic and demographic forces shaping turnout and electoral change. Dr Pali Lehohla argues that census-linked data at enumeration-area level can offer a more detailed view of South Africa’s political landscape.
BALLOT

Decoding the ballot box: Why conventional polling fails without the census mesh

National polls can miss the local economic and demographic forces shaping turnout and electoral change. Dr Pali Lehohla argues that census-linked data at enumeration-area level…

  • Pali Lehohla
4 min read