From General to Municipal Elections in South Africa: An Analysis of Domestic Sociopolitical Factors (2024–2025)
https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2025-16-4-129-144
Abstract
The article discusses the preparations and outcomes of the parliamentary elections in South Africa, which took place on May 29th, 2024. For the first time in 30 years, the ruling African National Congress failed to secure a parliamentary majority. It is important to understand how this new political landscape will affect domestic and foreign policy. The author analyzes the key stages of the election process, summarizes the results and considers the emergence of new actors. She highlights other factors that contributed to the outcome, including the initial actions of the new leaders of the country. There is a question about how internal change will affect South African foreign policy as a member of BRICS, given recent appointments to government and the position of Minister for International Relations and Cooperation.
Keywords
South Africa,
African National Congress,
Democratic Alliance,
Government of National Unity,
foreign policy,
BRICS
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of the scientific project No. FMZE-2024-0003 ”BRICS and Africa: prospects for expansion and potential development of Russian-African strategic cooperation”
About the Author
D. A. Turianitsa
Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Daria A. Turianitsa, Junior Research Fellow, Research Centre for African strategy in BRICS
30/1, Spiridonovka street, Moscow, Russia, 123001
Competing Interests:
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
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Turianitsa D.A. From General to Municipal Elections in South Africa: An Analysis of Domestic Sociopolitical Factors (2024–2025). Journal of International Analytics. 2025;16(4):129-144. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2025-16-4-129-144
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