Nation-building vital after consolidation of racial voting blocs.

Byline: Karima Brown

Nation-building vital after consolidation of racial voting blocs SA's 'glass ceiling' of race proved as hard as concrete as voters chose their champions along racial lines THE coincidence between race and election results in SA benefited the African National Congress (ANC) and Democratic Alliance (DA) in last week's elections. The two parties emerged as the victors in the general elections, comfortably entrenching their positions as the ruling party and official opposition respectively. This reality explains the ANC's victory nationally and the DA's ability to wrest the Western Cape from the ruling party in a province where the racial and ethnic demographics buck the …