South Africa holds its first all-race local government elections, a landmark moment symbolizing the definitive end of the apartheid system and marking a crucial step towards democratic representation and racial equality.
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Local government elections in 1995–96 provide new evidence on the patterns and trends of voting behaviour in democratic South Africa.
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The election results in the Western Cape were widely interpreted in the media as indications of electoral trends, i.e. changes over time in voter support for the different political parties.
The main information to be gathered from the local election results concerns: first, the detailed electoral geography of the province; secondly, and in light of earlier opinion polls, the complexity of voting behaviour; and, thirdly, some of the factors affecting the performance of parties and candidates in elections for different levels of government.