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As South Africa heads towards the 2026 local government elections, are opinion polls simply measuring public opinion, or are they also helping to shape it?
As South Africa heads towards the 2026 local government elections, are opinion polls simply measuring public opinion, or are they also helping to shape it?
Guest: Professor Bheki Mngomezulu - Professor of Political Science & International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University
Guest: Susan Booysen, Emeritus Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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