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South Africa elections live results 2024: By the numbers on day 2

With more than 90 percent of votes counted, results show the ruling ANC could lose their majority and be forced to seek

Al Jazeera

ANC looks set to lose majority in watershed moment for South Africa

Early election count puts African National Congress on 42% of the vote, compared with 57% in final tally in 2019

The Guardian - UK

South Africa elections live results 2024: By the numbers

About 28 million people are registered to vote in national and provincial elections.

Al Jazeera

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South Africa elections: voting under way amid grim national mood

Ruling African National Congress party could lose majority for first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago

The Guardian - UK

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 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.

Al Jazeera

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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South Africa's Ruling ANC Rallies To Defend Solo Rule

South Africa's ruling African National Congress was betting on its last major stadium rally Saturday ahead of next week's election to restore its glory and protect its unbeaten streak of post-apartheid victories.

International Business Times

South Africa elections 2024: Ten key people who could shape it

Elections in the country are won based on party popularity but some personalities are driving the discourse.

Al Jazeera

Why the upcoming South African election is a massive milestone for the ruling ANC

South African’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), is in trouble. After 30 years in charge, it is scrambling for support ahead of the upcoming national elections.

The Conversation

South Africa elections: what are the issues and will ANC lose its majority?

Country goes to polls on 29 May and unemployment, inequality and power cuts have dented ruling party’s support

The Guardian - UK

South Africans lose faith in ruling ANC as income inequality grows

South Africa will vote on 29 May – three decades after the end of apartheid. The African National Congress has been in power since then, but polls are predicting the party will lose its majority with many voters disgruntled by its failure to address inequality.

Radio France Internationale

Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election?

Zuma’s MK party is gaining in polls while ANC support slips. But is he still as influential outside the ruling party?

Al Jazeera

Why South Africa’s opposition may struggle to unseat the ruling ANC

Despite the ANC facing possible voter decline this election, analysts say the opposition is splintered and disorganised.

Al Jazeera

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IMF approves IMF Executive Board Meeting On Top News.1 Billion Pakistan Disbursement.1 billion for Pakistan under EFF program to support economic reforms and stability.

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Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back

Zuma has survived a series of political setbacks and legal challenges. Now he’s challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa's ANC and DA look at coalition deal as elections loom

South Africans will go to polls on Friday 29 May to elect a new National Assembly, which will then choose the next president. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is betting on retaining its parliamentary majority but faces the biggest challenge since it came to power in 1994.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation Seeks to Unseal DOCSIS-Related Patent Beef Between Charter and Entropic

'The legal issues in the case and their potential implications for the DOCSIS standard are a matter of public concern,' digital rights group says

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The New York Times Again Worries That Free Speech Endangers Democracy

The newspaper portrays the constitutional challenge to the government's social media meddling as a conspiracy by Donald Trump's supporters.

Reason

Feds Target Journalist Tim Burke With Law Intended for Hackers

An escalation in the war between people who publish secrets and those who seek to keep them.

Reason

Proposition E Would Make It Easier for Police To Surveil San Francisco

The measure, which will be on the March 5 ballot, would greatly expand the SFPD's power while subjecting it to even less scrutiny.

Salon

Don't give up the fight for privacy

Right now there’s less reason than ever to believe the battle for data privacy is lost

International Business Times

S.Africa Opposition Vows To Slash Power Cuts, Unemployment

The liberal Democratic Alliance, fighting to keep its place as South Africa's official opposition party, launched its electoral campaign Saturday ahead of a hotly contested vote, vowing to crush power cuts and slash high unemployment.

International Business Times

Buoyed By Polls, S.Africa's Radical Left Party Launches Election Campaign

Rising in the polls and vying to become South Africa's leading opposition party, the radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will launch its electoral campaign on Saturday ahead of a hotly contested vote.

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