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S.Africa's ANC slumps to worst-ever election result
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The African National Congress, which has dominated South African politics since the end of apartheid, took 30.76 percent of votes in municipal elections, its worst-ever electoral performance, the electoral commission said Sunday.
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South Africans vote in local elections that could continue the decline of the once-mighty ANC
Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·
South Africans vote in local elections in test for ANC
Headline from Deutsche Welle ·
‘Bread and butter’ issues dominate South Africa vote in test for ANC
Headline from Courthouse News Service ·
South Africa's ANC party on track to face 'nightmare' losses in municipal elections
Headline from France 24 ·
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S.Africa's ANC slumps to worst-ever election result
South Africans head to the polls for local government elections that will determine control of major cities and test the electoral strength of the African National Congress (ANC)
South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday amid water shortages, frustration with local services and questions over whether the ANC's support will keep falling.
South African political parties that have presided over crumbling infrastructure and a collapse in electricity and water provision face a reckoning in Wednesday’s municipal elections.
Failing public services, corruption and high crime rates have led to growing frustration among South African voters. That could lead to further losses for the ANC.
More than three decades after the first all-race election thrust the African National Congress into power, South Africans are fed up with crumbling infrastructure, dry taps, persistent inequality and unemployment above 30%.
In tonight's edition, a crucial test for South Africa's ruling ANC as millions vote to elect municipal governments. Also, Ethiopia has expelled six Sudanese diplomats amid accusations it's allowing the paramilitary RSF to launch drone strikes from its territory.
The African National Congress, South Africa’s biggest political party, appears to have hemorrhaged support in Wednesday’s municipal elections, modeling based on the early results shows.
South Africa’s largest party, the African National Congress, is set to lose further ground in municipal elections held on Wednesday, with public anger running high over water and power outages and potholed roads.
South Africa's African National Congress party could face its worst-ever election result on Friday, with early counting suggesting it received only 32% of the vote in the country’s municipal elections.
South Africa's African National Congress faces a significant decline in voter support, according to interim results from local elections held this week
Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 result The African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally w…
South Africa’s African National Congress party, which has held nearly unchallenged power since the end of apartheid in 1994, is on track for a historic loss of support in this week’s election.
Near-final results show South Africa's once dominant ANC will see its lowest-ever vote percentage. The party is taking the blame for shoddy municipal services, including water and electricity shortages.
The African National Congress, the party of late Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela, slumped to its worst-ever result in South Africa's municipal election. The voters blame the ANC for water and electricity shortages.
The African National Congress, which has dominated South African politics since the end of apartheid, took 30.76 percent of votes in municipal elections, its worst-ever electoral performance, the electoral commission said Sunday.
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