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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">comparativepolitics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Сравнительная политика</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Comparative Politics Russia</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2221-3279</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2412-4990</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Издательская группа «Юрист»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46272/2221-3279-2024-1-16-2</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">comparativepolitics-1718</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МОЗАИЧНОЕ ПОЛЕ РОССИЙСКОЙ И МИРОВОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>MOSAIC FIELD OF RUSSIAN AND WORLS POLITICS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Выборы – 2024 в ЮАР: результаты и последствия для страны</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Elections 2024 in South Africa: Results and Consequences</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1019-7823</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Туряница</surname><given-names>Д. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Turianitsa</surname><given-names>D. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Дарья Андреевна Туряница – младший научный сотрудник, Центр изучения африканской стратегии БРИКС</p><p>123001, Москва, ул. Спиридоновка, д.30/1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Daria A. Turianitsa – Junior Research Fellow, Research Centre for African strategy in BRICS</p><p>30/1, Spiridonovka str., Moscow, Russia, 123001</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">darya.turyanitsa@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт Африки РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title>Мозаика страноведческих исследований</issue-title><fpage>25</fpage><lpage>53</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Туряница Д.А., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Туряница Д.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Turianitsa D.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/1718">https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/1718</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье представлен анализ подготовки и результатов парламентских выборов, состоявшихся в Южно-Африканской Республике 29 мая 2024 г. Впервые за 30 лет существования демократической Южной Африки правящая партия – Африканский национальный конгресс – не смогла завоевать большинство голосов избирателей. Это голосование стало поворотным моментом, давшим основания полагать, что период лидерства АНК может в скором времени подойти к концу. В то же время исследование показало, что сокращение числа сторонников – проблема не только АНК, но и других политических игроков. Цель настоящей работы заключается в выявлении причин, по которым АНК потерял поддержку части избирателей. Автор детально рассматривает основные этапы подготовки к голосованию и анализирует предвыборные кампании различных политических партий: АНК; оппозиционных партий, таких как Демократический альянс; а также новых политических движений, которые участвовали в выборах впервые. Особое внимание уделяется вопросам финансирования партий, организации политических акций, а также стратегиям мобилизации избирателей. Рассматриваются и другие факторы, которые могли повлиять на исход голосования, например, внезапное появление партии экс-президента ЮАР Джейкоба Зумы (2009–2018). В результате автор статьи выделяет несколько причин, по которым партия АНК лишилась голосов части избирателей. Во-первых, экономические проблемы – высокий уровень безработицы среди молодежи. Во-вторых, коррупция и неэффективное управление правительством на местах. В-третьих, изменение демографического состава населения, включая рост молодого населения, не связанного с временами апартеида. В статье выдвигаются предположения о том, как новая реальность повлияет на формирование внутренней и внешней политики государства. Кроме того, рассматриваются первые действия нового официального руководства страны – «Правительства национального единства». Один из ключевых вопросов, поднятых в статье, заключается в том, как произошедшие изменения во внутренней политике повлияют на внешнеполитический курс ЮАР – члена группы стран БРИКС и одного из основных государств-представителей Глобального Юга – в связи с назначением нового правительства и нового министра международных отношений и сотрудничества. Автор приходит к заключению о том, что выборы 2024 года стали важным событием в политической жизни ЮАР. Они продемонстрировали, что государство претерпевает значительные изменения, которые могут оказать существенное влияние на его внутреннюю и внешнюю политику.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article analyses the preparation and results of the parliamentary elections held in South Africa on May 29, 2024. The ruling party, namely the African National Congress, failed to win the majority of votes, for the first time in 30 years that democratic South Africa exists. This outcome marks a significant turning point in the country's political landscape, indicating that the ANC's leadership may be facing challenges in the future. However, the study shows that the change in the number of supporters is a problem not only for the ANC, but also for other political players in the country. The paper aims to identify the reasons why the ANC lost the support of voters. The author carefully examines the main stages of the vote preparation. She analyses the election campaigns of various parties, including the ANC and opposition party like the Democratic Alliance, as well as new political movements that took part in the elections for the first time. Special attention is given to party financing, organizing political events, and strategies for voter mobilization. Other factors that may have influenced the voting outcome are taken into account, including the sudden emergence of the party led by former South African president (2009–2018) Jacob Zuma. As a result, the article identifies several factors that contributed to the voting outcome, that are economic challenges, including high unemployment rate among young people, corruption and ineffective local government, the changing demographics, including the growing number of young people unrelated to the apartheid era. The paper speculates how this new political landscape may shape the country's domestic and foreign policies. Additionally, the article explores the initial actions taken by the newly formed government, namely the "Government of National Unity." One of the primary concerns raised in the paper is how changes in domestic policies will impact South Africa's foreign policy as a member of BRICS and one of the leading countries of the Global South after the appointment of the new government and the new Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. In conclusion, the 2024 elections have become an important event in the political life of South Africa. They showed that the country is going through significant changes that can greatly affect its domestic and foreign policy.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Южная Африка</kwd><kwd>Африканский национальный конгресс</kwd><kwd>Демократический альянс</kwd><kwd>выборы 2024</kwd><kwd>Правительство национального единства</kwd><kwd>внешняя политика</kwd><kwd>Глобальный Юг</kwd><kwd>БРИКС</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>South Africa</kwd><kwd>African National Congress</kwd><kwd>Democratic Alliance</kwd><kwd>Elections 2024</kwd><kwd>Government of National Unity</kwd><kwd>foreign policy</kwd><kwd>Global South</kwd><kwd>BRICS</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья выполнена при финансовой поддержке Министерства науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации в рамках научного проекта № FMZE-2024-0003 «БРИКС и Африка: перспективы расширения и потенциал развития российско-африканского стратегического сотрудничества».</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study was prepared with the financial support of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of scientific project no. 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