A month before last year's general election, slightly more South African voters trusted the Democratic Alliance (DA) over the African National Congress (ANC) to manage a coalition. This finding comes from a survey by the Social Research Foundation of 1 835 registered voters in April 2024.

Respondents were asked how trustworthy they considered each party in making a national coalition work. Among all voters, 44% said the ANC was somewhat or very trustworthy, while 54% found it untrustworthy. By race, 54% of black voters viewed the ANC as trustworthy and 44% as untrustworthy. Among coloured voters, 12% expressed trust and 85% distrust; among white voters, 13% trusted the ANC and 84% did not.

The DA fared better. Across all voters, 64% said it was somewhat or very trustworthy, and 30% said it was not. Among black voters, 56% trusted the DA and 37% did not. Among coloured voters, 79% saw the DA as trustworthy and 14% as untrustworthy, while 88% of white voters trusted the party and 11% did not.