2014 General Elections: Are South Africa's Poor Free to Choose the Political Party of their Choice?
Channel: SACSIS
Date: 2013-10-03

There is some reason to believe that the level of political freedom enjoyed by more affluent South Africans isn't enjoyed by people in poorer communities, argues David Bruce, an independent consultant conducting research on behalf of the Community Agency for Social Enquiry on political intimidation in the run up to South Africa's 2014 general elections.

There are many poor communities "where the established system is one where a dominant party governs in that area and where people are afraid to openly express support for other parties," contends David Bruce.

SACSIS' Fazila Farouk explores the issue further with Bruce.

For a transcript of this interview please visit the SACSIS website at http://sacsis.co.za/site/article/1806.