2024 Gender audit of the SA National & Provincial elections

Democracy was the big winner in the watershed 2024 South African elections that witnessed the African National Congress (ANC) dip below the 50% mark for the first time in thirty years, and the emergence of a Government of National Unity (GNU). But the gains made for gender parity in politics over the last three decades took a knock on almost every front - parliament, cabinet, premiers, and the media. While women in South Africa constitute the majority of voters, they remain under represented in virtually all areas of political decision-making.