RW Johnson: Seismic changes ahead as ANC drops, voter cynicism and MK surge ahead of May 29

Political scientist and former Oxford University Don RW Johnson shares key insights from SA’s most authoritative pre-election survey - the only one conducting face-to-face nationwide interviews rather than phone surveys. He says the results support the view SA’s politics has changed more in the past two months than in the previous 20 years. Johnson points out that the collapsing ANC vote (just 41% nationally) remains fragile, and with the trend continuing, everything points to a coalition government after May 29. Moreover, provincial voter patterns suggest pressure for greater devolution or even secession secession will grow, particularly from KZN. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.