On May 29, nearly 28 million South African registered voters will have the chance to elect representatives to the national and provincial parliaments. This will be the country’s seventh democratic general election. Since the apartheid era, the African National Congress (ANC) has continuously achieved a majority in both chambers of the South African Parliament. On the other hand, polls indicate that 2024’s general election could see the ANC get below 50 percent of the vote for the first time since 1994, bringing about a multi-party government for the first time, and that will be a significant inflection point for all.