Opinion polls are ANC smokescreen
An Ipsos survey revealed ANC still has support in Joburg.
In Johannesburg, the African National Congress (ANC) is making a point of releasing an opinion poll that shows 31% support for the party, ahead of the Democratic Alliance (DA). The ANC’s regional secretary, Sasa Manganye, has gloated over this Ipsos survey, but raised concerns about another SRF poll that indicated the DA had 42% support.
Manganye pointed out that the SRF poll was based on interviews with just 504 respondents in Johannesburg, and dismissed the larger Ipsos sample of 3,600 people across all nine provinces. However, he failed to note that the Ipsos survey showed the DA with 28% support in the city, just behind the ANC. Another Ipsos finding that the ANC ignored was that in Gauteng province, the DA had 27% support compared to the ANC’s 26%.
Nationally, the ANC remains at 31%, slightly ahead of the DA’s 25%. The ANC’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, has defended the party’s focus on numbers, claiming that it is divinely protected by God and the ancestors, despite the fact that the party is still only at 31% support nationally.
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