This brief deals with the way in which ANC policy is developed. Further briefs will consider the substance of recently released draft policy documents for the ...

This Brief done by Charles Simkins is the technical report which follows the Brief on voter behaviour in the metros.

This Brief by Charles Simkins looks at voter behaviour in metros and what the results of the 2016 Local Government Elections mean. The technical report to this ...

This is the second part in a two part series of Briefs which focuses on populism in South Africa

This Brief is the first in a two part series and this Brief discusses populism.

The recent statement by President Zuma that the ANC, not the country, comes first is not just, or only, an ordinary political assertion that the ANC is best ...

This Brief sets out voter geographical information derived from the voting patterns as observed in the 2014 National Election.

Commentary on the ANC National General Council 2015 discussion documents.

The second Brief set out the allocation of seats to metros and produced a baseline projection of the outcome of the 2016 local government election based on the ...

The first Brief in this series dealt with important rules of the game. This Brief takes the next step and projects a base line for 2016.