South AfricaMail & Guardian1 d ago

Why voters must put competence before race

Only when significant numbers of South Africans stop voting based on race and ethnicity, will citizens get the prosperity dividends of democracy, more effective public services, more employment and safer communities. The early results of the 4 November 2026 local government elections show that many South African voters are beginning to move away from race and ethnicity-based voting. The challenge for countries, such as South Africa, that comes from a racially and ethnically divided past, where parties were also formed along race and ethnic lines, is for voters to make the psychological break, moving away from voting along race and ethnic lines, to vote based on competency.

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