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South African voters turned out for a watershed general election Wednesday, with the ANC's exclusive grip on power in doubt for the first time in three
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Next week’s election is South Africa’s most important since 1994
Headline from The Economist ·
South Africa's election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994
South Africans are set to go to the polls on May 29 for what will likely be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid. Here’s all you need to know.
Pollsters and analysts say these could be the most pivotal elections since the country's first democratic vote 30 years ago, in 1994. Here's what's at stake.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country will take its most significant political step since the moment 30 years ago when it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country will take its most significant political step since the moment 30 years ago when it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy.
South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid.
Voters in South Africa will cast their ballots on May 29, in a test of the ruling ANC's 30 years in power. For the first time, candidates not affiliated with political parties may stand as independents.
South African voters turned out for a watershed general election Wednesday, with the ANC's exclusive grip on power in doubt for the first time in three
South Africans have begun voting in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake
Today, millions of South Africans are voting in what is being called the most important election since the end of apartheid in 1994. For the past 30 years, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has dominated elections and national leadership.
In tonight's edition: Vote counting is underway in South Africa as millions of people turn out to this landmark election three decades after the end of apartheid in a poll that could see the ruling ANC…
Thirty years after South Africa’s first free elections, the ANC risks losing its parliamentary majority due to ethics scandals and economic inefficiency.
South Africans have begun voting in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake
South Africans vote on Wednesday in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its
On Wednesday, millions of South Africans will take to the polls to vote for members of their national assembly, who will then decide on their next president. For the past 30 years, the results have been predictable.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Afri…
In a high-stakes national election, the African National Congress, which has governed for three decades since the end of apartheid, may lose its outright majority for the first time.
South Africans voted Wednesday in elections being described as the most important in thirty years because the governing African National Congress could get under 50 percent of the vote for the first time and lose its absolute majority in parliament.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans voted Wednesday at schools, community centers, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as
South Africans vote on Wednesday in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance.
