Data shows that South Africans are split across party lines over the question of whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should have resigned after last year’s election. This data comes from a Social Research Foundation (SRF) survey from February 2025.

In that survey participants were asked: “In the 2024 national elections, the African National Congress (ANC) dropped from 57% to 40%. As a consequence of this poor result, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa should have resigned. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?”

Amongst all registered voters in South Africa, 55% agreed somewhat or strongly with the statement and 40% disagreed somewhat or strongly with it.

However, there was a particularly pronounced split across lines of party affiliation.

Amongst ANC voters, only 26% agreed somewhat or strongly that President Ramaphosa should have resigned whilst 69% disagreed somewhat or strongly.

Amongst Democratic Alliance voters, 65% agreed somewhat or strongly, amongst Economic Freedom Fighters voters 86% agreed somewhat or strongly, amongst uMkhonto weSizwe voters 80% agreed somewhat or strongly and amongst the Patriotic Alliance 87% agreed somewhat or strongly that Ramaphosa should have resigned over his performance in last year’s election.