Most African National Congress (ANC) and Democratic Alliance (DA) voters think that the Government of National Unity (GNU) will succeed. Conversely, most voters from the Economic Freedom Fighters and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) think it will fail.

This is according to a survey of 1 004 registered South African voters conducted by the Social Research Foundation in February 2025.

In that survey a question was put to participants: “Do you believe the government of national unity will succeed or fail?”

Amongst all registered voters 57% believe that the GNU will succeed and 32% believe that it will fail.

When broken down by party support, 70% of ANC voters believe that the GNU will succeed and 16% believe that it will fail.

Amongst DA voters 66% believe that the GNU will succeed and 28% believe it will fail.

However, amongst EFF voters 39% believe that the GNU will succeed, whereas 47% believe that it will fail.

Amongst MK voters 22% believe that the GNU will succeed and 59% believe it will fail.

The party with the largest share of voters that believe that the GNU will succeed was the Inkatha Freedom Party with 83% of its voters believing that the arrangement will succeed.