58 statements on the issues dividing South Africa before the local elections. Land, BEE, crime, immigration, health care and the economy. See your alignment across all parties.
ANC
Your answers most closely match the African National Congress. You support transformation through BEE and land reform, National Health Insurance, a strong developmental state and the Government of National Unity.
Democratic Alliance
Your answers most closely match the Democratic Alliance. You support a market economy, merit over cadre deployment, need-based redress, private participation in energy and rail, and the rule of law.
MK Party
Your answers most closely match the uMkhonto weSizwe Party led by Jacob Zuma. You support radical economic transformation, nationalisation, land expropriation, traditional authority and replacing the current constitutional order.
EFF
Your answers most closely match the Economic Freedom Fighters. You support nationalising mines and banks, expropriating land without compensation, a basic income grant and pan-African solidarity.
IFP
Your answers most closely match the Inkatha Freedom Party. You support traditional leadership, federalism, a moderate market economy and the Government of National Unity.
Patriotic Alliance
Your answers most closely match the Patriotic Alliance. You support a hard line on crime and illegal immigration, a referendum on the death penalty and jobs for South Africans first.
Freedom Front Plus
Your answers most closely match the Freedom Front Plus. You support minority and Afrikaner rights, mother-tongue education, ending race-based policies and protecting property rights.
ActionSA
Your answers most closely match ActionSA. You support fixing failing municipalities, strict control of illegal immigration, a market economy and ending cadre deployment.
Statements, asked twice
You take a position on sharp political and ideological statements using a six-point agreement scale. Key positions appear twice with opposite framing, once sympathetic and once critical. How much your answer shifts between the two framings becomes your framing bias score.
Alignment, not loyalty
The result shows how closely your answers match each position across all issues, not just the ones you feel strongly about. You might find you align with a party or ideology you didn't expect, or that you're genuinely split between two.
Politics in South Africa: the context of this test
South Africa is a parliamentary republic. Voters elect the National Assembly by proportional representation, and the Assembly elects the president. The last national election was held in May 2024, and local elections in all 257 municipalities are set for 4 November 2026.
The party system
The ANC has governed since the end of apartheid in 1994, but in 2024 it fell to about 40% of the vote and lost its majority for the first time. President Cyril Ramaphosa formed a Government of National Unity with the Democratic Alliance, the IFP, the Patriotic Alliance, the Freedom Front Plus and other parties. Jacob Zuma's MK Party and Julius Malema's EFF lead the opposition, alongside ActionSA.
The divides that split voters
Unemployment above 30%, crime, failing municipalities and power and water cuts dominate daily life. Black economic empowerment, land reform, National Health Insurance, immigration and relations with the United States divide the parties.
How it looks on the compass
On the economy, the EFF and MK Party want nationalisation and land expropriation, while the DA, ActionSA and the Freedom Front Plus favour markets and need-based redress, with the ANC in between. On the axis of authority and freedom, crime, the death penalty and immigration cut across these lines.
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