Susan Booysen

Director of Research at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic
Reflection (Mistra) and Visiting Professor at the Wits School of Governance.

[SABC News @SABCNews]

WATCH | Political analyst Professor Susan Booysen argues that the Democratic Alliance is not particularly strong, noting that its growth has largely been driven by the ANC’s decline. Her comments follow party leader John Steenhuisen’s announcement that he will not seek a third term.

[Channel Africa @channelafrica1]

[ON AIR] @FavoredAsa discusses with political scientist Professor Susan Booysen on reports that federal leader John Steenhuisen would not run for re-election in April, which is anticipated to be announced today at a media briefing in Durban.

Watch LIVE 👉 https://t.co/YSXYFS1E79

#RiseAndShine #DA #JohnSteenhuisen

[Mapungubwe Institute @MISTRA_SA]

Coalitions Barometer II is written by Susan Booysen, Zenzo Moyo and Sanele Simayile. These MISTRA analysts, academics and authors have qualifications from some of the country’s top universities and have extensive expertise in areas including South African politics, poverty reduction, sustainable development, public finance and local government.

Coalitions Barometer II monitors local coalitions for the period 2023-2025, and South Africa’s national and provincial coalitions for the period 2024-2025.

Read the full publication, here: https://t.co/6s7zIZUNhf

#CoalitionsBarometerII #MISTRA

[Times LIVE @TimesLIVE]

The ANC may have lost its electoral dominance, but it remains far from death and Cyril Ramaphosa is “safer than critics think”, political scientist and author Prof Susan Booysen says.
https://t.co/XHBVdUZ4j6

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

In this week’s Friday Briefing, we ask: is it a little too late? Wits associate professor Susan Booysen writes that Monday’s spectacle bears all the hallmarks of a party that has gone adrift.

https://t.co/SIu1gYQlMR

[Channel Africa @channelafrica1]

[Watch]
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) political party may control just 2 provinces by 2029

@MISTRA_SA's Prof. Susan Booysen joins @TsepisoMakwetla to elaborate.

Watch: https://t.co/FpvyuNz9SA

#AfricaWorldHour #ANC #Coalition #CoalitionGovernment

[Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405]

A Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection report reveals that governance hasn't improved under the GNU. It also states that Mpumalanga and the Free State could slip out of the ANC's control after the 2029 elections. Report's primary author Prof. Susan Booysen expands.

Watch: https://t.co/bKBt026lUv

#Newzroom405

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

OPINION | Coalition partners were supposed to accede to ANC leadership and help the ANC implement its 2024 election manifesto, writes Susan Booysen.

https://t.co/EmIM84d9fI

[DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION @dstigovza]

Highlights from Day 1 (26 March 2025) of the South African Public Relationship with Science (SAPRS) Conference.

Prof. Susan Booysen, Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and a Research Consultant, led Thematic Session 2, focusing on Promise and Reservation Attitudes Towards Modern and Traditional Science and Technology. She emphasized aspects such as conventional understandings, beliefs, cultures, communal life, and intergenerational knowledge transfer.

Her active participation in breakaway discussions culminated in summarizing insights and recommendations on:
1. What needs to happen in South Africa to help people understand the promise (benefits) of modern science and technology?
2. What needs to happen in South Africa to address reservations (concerns) that people have about traditional knowledge?

#PublicEngagementZA #SAPRSsurvey Reflection Conference. @HSRCza @NSTF_SA @NRF_SAASTA

[eNCA @eNCA]

Questions on whether or not the 2025 budget will be adapted looms. This as the DA and the ANC are at loggerheads over VAT increase. Political analyst Susan Booysen weighs in on this. #eNCA #DStv403

[Facts may be Facts but is it the truth? @SouthAfricansP1]

Budget 2025 | How the ANC handles this could strengthen the government: Prof Susan Booysen https://t.co/XJC7c7Q81S

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

OPINION | Conflicts, contradictions, frequently contrasting party agendas, proxy wars, grandstanding for internal factions and broader electoral target markets are in vogue for SA's coalition politics, writes Susan Booysen.

https://t.co/7urSXx5eSH

[SABC News @SABCNews]

VIDEO | January 8 Statement | 'All eyes will be on the ANC come Saturday' - Prof Susan Booysen
https://t.co/USoQa14rvR

[SABC News @SABCNews]

[LIVE NOW] Wits University Professor Emeritus and research consultant Susan Booysen says there is a mutual need for the ANC and SACP to remain in alliance. After the Government of National Unity, which includes the DA, was established, the two former allies' relationship soured.

[SABC News @SABCNews]

VIDEO | Stability of GNU: Prof. Susan Booysen weighs in
https://t.co/qSglaflfyk

[Times LIVE @TimesLIVE]

The EFF will find it difficult to grow, says Prof Susan Booysen after founding member and deputy leader Floyd Shivambu turned his back on the party. https://t.co/jdH2grPIrW

[Mapungubwe Institute @MISTRA_SA]

Local coalitions do not exist in a vacuum - dependent on national politics, power pursuits collation trends. #MISTRAElectionsAnalysis #2024Elections #CoalitionGovernment

[Mapungubwe Institute @MISTRA_SA]

“We have seen a consistent decline in provincial turnouts over three elections, 2014-2024” Prof @BooysenS2 #MISTRAElectionsAnalysis #2024Elections #CoalitionGovernment

[Mapungubwe Institute @MISTRA_SA]

Prof @BooysenS2 dissects the coalition aftermath - choices and coalition types #MISTRAElectionsAnalysis #2024Elections #CoalitionGovernment

[Mapungubwe Institute @MISTRA_SA]

Prof @BooysenS2 gives us a granular overview of the trends in South Africa’s 2024 elections and post elections coalitions #MISTRAElectionsAnalysis #2024Elections #CoalitionGovernment