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South Africa heads to polls as unemployment and inequality grip the nation

When South Africa's ANC, founded by Nelson Mandela, swept to power in 1994, it promised "a better life for all". But today, South Africa is worse off than it was 30 years ago and the ruling party could lose its parliamentary majority in Wednesday's election, with voters frustrated with soaring…

France 24

What if the ANC does not win? South Africa's most uncertain elections since 1994

What if, this time, the ANC does not win? Since 1994, South Africa has known plenty of ups and downs. But no matter the criticism or defections, the party of Nelson Mandela could always bank, come election time, on a winning machine that has always secured an outright majority. What…

France 24

South Africa Faces Potential Landmark Election Shift

South African opposition parties appeal to voters ahead of crucial national election with declining ANC support. Over 28 million voters expected to partici...

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South Africa elections 2024: Key issues by the numbers

Unemployment, crime and access to electricity are some of the biggest issues on the ballot.

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South Africa Doesn’t Need More Heroes

This election year marks three decades since the country defeated apartheid. But we still haven’t fully healed

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Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province

Township residents say the opposition Democratic Alliance is elitist and runs a city that functions only for the rich.

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South Africa's Ruling ANC Faces Strongest Challenge Yet

South Africa's ruling ANC faces challenges as the upcoming election poses a threat to its long-standing rule amidst growing discontent and uncertainty.

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Mayibuye! The 100-year-old slogan that’s stirred up divisions in South Africa’s elections

Political parties the world over use slogans, icons, colours, names and flags to establish their political and historical credentials. What happens when two political parties lay claim to the same history and the same symbolic capital?

The Conversation

South Africans go to the polls to choose a new government: what’s different this time

South Africa’s seventh general election since democracy in 1994, set for 29 May 2024, takes place under circumstances different from any other election in the history of the nation. Some view the hotly contested national and provincial elections as a watershed moment for the country. We asked political scientist Dirk…

The Conversation

South Africa's Steenhuisen Works To Prevent 'Doomsday Coalition'

Opposition leader John Steenhuisen is working to prevent a 'doomsday coalition' in South Africa's elections, emphasizing the need for a strong opposition a...

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South Africa's ANC Faces Major Electoral Challenge

South Africa's upcoming election poses a challenge to the ANC's rule, with key issues like unemployment and corruption in focus. Voters seek change and a b...

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South Africa elections 2024 explained in maps and charts

After 30 years of dominance, the ANC faces its toughest election yet, needing 50 percent to maintain its majority.

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Early voting begins in South African elections that could spell end of ANC dominance

Early voting began in South Africa's general election Monday, as those who must work on polling day or who have special needs were given a chance to cast their ballots in a poll that could see the end of the political dominance of the African National Congress (ANC), 30 years…

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Parties woo South Africa's poorest voters with promise of basic income

With a third of the population unemployed, poverty has dramatically increased in South Africa in the past five years, and millions depend on grants. As South Africans head to the polls on 29 May, both the ruling party and its challengers are promising to introduce a universal basic income –…

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‘People have died on the waiting lists’: South Africa’s housing crisis casts a shadow over election

The hopes raised by the ANC coming to power in 1994 have, 30 years on, been dashed for millions still without a decent roof over their heads

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South African Opposition Targets ANC Majority As Vote Looms

South Africa's opposition parties mounted an 11th-hour assault Sunday on the ruling ANC's 30-year-old grip on power, staging large-scale rallies three days before what promises to be a historic general election.

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South Africa Opposition Parties Unite To Challenge ANC

Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party campaign to challenge ANC dominance in upcoming South African elections.

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South Africa's ANC Faces Uncertain Future In Election

South Africa's crucial election looms as ANC faces pressure to maintain majority. President Ramaphosa focuses on job creation and improving living conditions.

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South African Opposition Puts ANC Majority In Its Sights

South Africa's opposition parties mount an 11th-hour assault Sunday on the ruling ANC's 30-year-old grip on power, staging set-piece rallies three days before the general election.

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South African Election Signals Potential End Of ANC Dominance

South Africa's pivotal election could mark the end of ANC dominance, with voters considering alternatives amidst rising political tensions.

The Guardian - UK

ANC at a crossroads as South Africa goes to the polls

Party’s leaders are more nervous than ever that it will lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to victory

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Corruption a big worry for young South Africans voting in key elections

Young people are vying for change as South Africa heads to elections after three decades of democracy. Confidence in the ruling ANC, which is tipped to lose its majority, is particularly low for the youngest voters casting their ballots for the first time.

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‘Freedom was around the corner’: how UK activists helped the exiled ANC to defeat apartheid

On the eve of a vital South African election, activists tell how, 30 years ago, London became the centre of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and a base for exiled African National Congress leaders

International Business Times

Lots Of Yellow, Little Fever For Disenchanted ANC Supporters

Tens of thousands of people wearing yellow T-shirts crowded Africa's biggest stadium Saturday, as the ruling but troubled African National Congress threw its last campaign bash before South Africa's tightest election in decades.

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‘We didn’t fight for this’: ANC’s grip on power in peril in South Africa election

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, corruption is rife, crime is high and the economy is a mess. The party of Mandela admits it ‘made mistakes’. But will the people forgive them?

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