By "hammered", it is argued that the African National Congress will get below 60% support in next year's election. Booker Rising doesn't know about that, but the South African moderate-liberal parliamentarian — who has presidential aspirations — is certainly an optimist. From The New Age (South Africa): "Opposition Democratic Alliance plans to give the ruling ANC a serious
black eye in the 2014 elections by winning up to 30 percent of the vote,
a party leader has told AFP. 'We are aiming for 30 percent,' said Lindiwe Mazibuko, the DA's
parliamentary leader and the woman tipped by many to one day lead the
opposition. 'I suspect that we will get between 25 and 30 on a sunny day, and
between 20 and 25 if it's a particularly uphill battle,' she said,
acknowledging a likely ANC victory."
More: "At the 2009 elections the DA got 16 percent of the vote, but hit nearly 25 percent in 2011 local elections. The ANC has swept all post-apartheid polls and won nearly two thirds of votes in the last national election. But amid impatience about the stagnating economy and a series of scandals surrounding President Jacob Zuma, the DA smells blood. Mazibuko expects the mighty African National Congress to bleed votes at
the fifth all-race national polls since former president Nelson
Mandela's release. 'They'll win the election but they will take a hammering,' predicted Mazibuko, pointing to ANC losses in the 2011 local polls. 'It wouldn't surprise me if the ANC was pushed into the 50s in this election.'"
