It is difficult to overestimate just how significant the May 29 election has been for South Africans. South African voters are unhappy, and only 58.6% of them turned out to vote this year, down from 66% in 2019. Either alliance would see an acceleration of capital flight, combined with an exodus of skilled South Africans, black and white. The official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), described a potential alliance ANC–EFF alliance as a “doomsday coalition.”A government of national unity? South Africans, along with their neighbors who rely so heavily on their regional economic strength, will be looking on nervously.
