#PODCAST Predictions: What does the CSIR's election results model foresee just a day away from the polls? #sabcnews

Will the ANC tank below 50 %? Will the MK Party eat into the gains made by the IFP? Everybody has their own predictions for tomorrows General Elections. But the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has an election results model that has been predicting the outcome with a 2% margin of error since 1999. The model uses election data from the previous poll alongside a public sentiment gauge. Yet with electoral changes like an additional ballot and independent candidates running for seats- will the model continue to accurately predict the results? Newsbreak's Taresh Harreeparshad discussed this with CSIR's Professor Pravesh Debba...