Charles Molele
The African National Congress in Gauteng has dismissed the latest poll by the Institute of Race Relations, which says the governing party is unlikely to win the province with a decisive majority on May 8.
The IRR poll has the ANC in Gauteng at 41%, a significant drop from the 53% it won during the 2014 general elections.
The poll claims the decline in support is likely to force the ANC into a coalition with the opposition.
On Thursday, ANC Gauteng’s head of elections and MEC of Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, said the party’s internal survey shows that the governing party will win the elections by 54%.
A total of 3,151 respondents participated in the party’s internal survey.
Maile said the increase in support for the ANC during the 2019 elections was mainly attributed to the popularity of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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