/ 30 March 1999

ANC TWO THIRDS ‘WITHIN REACH’

THE African National Congress is “within reach” of obtaining a two-thirds majority in the June 2 genneral election, according to results of a Markdata poll published in Afrikaans daily Beeld on Tuesday. The poll shows the ANC’s strong position, despite the party and its alliance partner, the SA Communist Party, having acquired few new supporters since 1994. MarkData director and political expert Professor Lawrence Schlemmer said the ANC’s chances of achieving a two-thirds majority will be dramatically increased if there is a low voter turn-out.