” is the headline above Sinethemba Zonke’s analysis of the DA’s election woes. Zonke says the South African Institute of Race Relations has “
If it were true that most South Africans were race nationalists fixated on melanin then the DA truly would face a dilemma. It would have to choose between being a popular party and being a classically liberal one, as, so Zonke says, it could not be both. This dilemma has a clear precedent. Zonke thinks the DA is in this position today, needing to choose between values of individual dignity or popularity. But it is not. Surveys by the IRR indicate the overwhelming majority of South Africans are opposed to race nationalist policies today. For example, 80% of those surveyed in a nationally representative sample prefer job appointments to be made according to merit rather than race.
In other words, people’s personal values and their ideas about government are aligned. Moreover, millions believe there is a connection between bad governance and race fixation. It is not, as Twitter would lead one to expect, that bad government is a result of not being fixated enough on race, just the opposite. Sixty-four percent of respondents agree with the proposition that “talk of racism/colonialism is from politicians seeking excuses for their own failures”.
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