![South Africa's ANC is sliding in popularity.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/anc-south-africa-politics-09192023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
With less than a year to go until South Africa’s next national election, several opposition parties have joined forces, hammering out a preelection coalition agreement in an attempt to unseat the ruling ANC. But despite the ANC’s slipping popularity, the opposition has struggled to make significant inroads into its electoral majority.