RULE BREAKERS, how the 2024 election campaign changed South Africa forever

364pp., paperback, Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2025

ISBN: 9781485315896

A detailed account of the campaigning ahead of South Africa's 2024 election. Pretorius also examines why the ANC lost it's majority, the rise of uMkhonto weSizwe and the Patriotic Alliance, why the Rise Mzansi campaign fell short of expectations, and the sub-par performance of the EFF.

"This is an election book unlike anything that has been produced to date and reveals Hermann Pretorius to be a young analyst worth keeping a close eye on." Frans Cronje, CEO, Institute of Race Relations

Hermann Pretorius is Head of Strategic Communications at the Institute of Race Relations.