The 2016 Local Government Elections in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Is Jesus on His Way?

Ashwin Desai

doi:10.1080/10455752.2016.1248016

The 2016 Local Government Elections in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Is Jesus on His Way?

Ashwin Desai

Centre for Social Change

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Abstract

Post-1994, the African National Congress (ANC) has increasingly allied itself to traditional authorities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Part of the reason for this has been to undermine the support base of the Inkatha Freedom Party. In more recent times, the alliance between chiefs and the ANC has seen them linked to mining interests, often running roughshod over local forms of resistance. In addition, the August 2016 local government elections showed a weakening of ANC support in some of these rural hotspots of KZN, thus creating the possibilities for activists to build alliances anew.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-32
Number of pages	17
Journal	Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2016.1248016
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2017

Keywords

African National Congress
Local government elections
South African Communist Party
mining
traditional authorities

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Geography, Planning and Development
Political Science and International Relations
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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