Did the ANC gain the expected solid support from the rural voters?
![The ANC won 70 percent of the vote in the Eastern Cape [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145108439400734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Athambile teaches in Cape Town. She writes for the Mail and Guardian's Thought Leader, FeministsSA as well as her own blog. She is a PhD candidate at Wits University and she is also a Mandela-Rhodes Scholar.
Did the ANC gain the expected solid support from the rural voters?
![The ANC won 70 percent of the vote in the Eastern Cape [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145108439400734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)