To what extent can South Africa be described as a one party state?
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The ANC party has been a dominant party ever since they got voted into government in 1994, which is the reason why there is a speculation of South Africa becoming a one party state.
In 2004 their was a complete landslide victory for the ANC (African National Congress) party which consulted in another major disappointment for the Democratic Alliance, Inkatha Freedom Party and a disaster and humiliation for the New National Party who thought they could of done a lot better and possibly challenged the ANC. Also the ANC became the largest and most successful party in all nine provinces, proving that they are getting more and more dominant in each election. When the New National Party collapsed in 2005 it made the ANC even stronger as they had one less opposition but the New National Party actually merged with the ANC to give them more dominance in the fact that the NNP have them more ideas to develop as a party, this also made them stronger in parliament with over 70% of the seats. People have commented on the fact that the ANC has became a “cannibal of the opposition” meaning that they have become so dominant, that the opposition parties have no chance to challenge for their party to be in government.