South Africa: In South Africa, Racial Divisions and Pessimism About Democracy Loom Over Elections

3 May 2019
Pew Research Center (Washington, DC)
analysis

A quarter-century after the end of apartheid, South Africans will vote in general elections on May 8 against a backdrop of pessimism over the state of their political system and persisting divisions in attitudes by race and political party.

Attitudes toward public institutions in South Africa have become more negative since the early 1990s, following the country's first democratic elections.

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