With elections this year, and most polls predicting the ANC may for the first time since 1994 lose its status as the majority party nationally, there are -nevertheless- many indications of lack of interest.  Researchers note especially how many do not bother to register and even in that reduced pool of eligible voters, many do not vote.  

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks Part One of his column, 'Crisis of Electoralism: Do you have a civic duty to vote in South Africa today?'