South Africa votes in local polls expected to further weaken ANC grip
- South Africans are voting in municipal elections amid concerns about unreliable services, unemployment, crime, and inequality.
- The African National Congress is expected to remain the largest party but could lose further support after falling below 50% in 2021.
- The Democratic Alliance is competing for Johannesburg, while Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party is challenging for influence in Durban.
- The results could lead to coalition governments and shape South Africa’s 2029 national election and the ANC’s leadership succession.
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South Africa's local elections could continue the decline of the once-mighty ANC
South Africans have voted in local elections that test the African National Congress party, or ANC, which has seen declining support over the last decade. The elections Wednesday chose leaders in major city municipalities and local councils. President Cyril Ramaphosa…
WSM on election day: ANC verdict, DA’s GNU lessons, Tshwane, and Trump’s hiding
On the morning South Africans voted, William Saunderson-Meyer argued that the count would deliver the verdict, but the coalition talks would decide whether anything changes. The Jaundiced Eye columnist told Alec Hogg why so many ANC voters see their party's failings clearly and back it anyway, why a lower turnout may favour the DA, and why the ANC had plastered Cyril Ramaphosa's face across every metro instead of naming its mayoral candidates. H…
South Africans vote amid anger over failing services
South Africans lined up from early yesterday to vote in municipal elections, with anger over corruption, crime and failing public services threatening to inflict fresh losses on the African National Congress (ANC).At the Lawley informal settlement south of Johannesburg, long lines formed outside pol
Today Nelson Mandela's party could have the worst result in his history: it also has to do with a bad election campaign.
South Africans head to the polls, Meloni wants to keep wealthy people in Italy, Russia’s return to the ice draws causes controversy
South Africans vote in pivotal local elections Voters in Africa’s wealthiest country have a pivotal election of their own today, with over 250 local contests nationwide. The elections are widely seen as a referendum on the African National Congress (ANC), the party that has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid, amid frustration over pervasive corruption, crumbling public services, and rising migration. The ANC has seen its standing s…
JOHANNESBURG. South Africans queue to vote on streets riddled with potholes and littered with garbage. The question is not whether, but how much, the ruling ANC party will be punished by voters in this year's local elections, which are held on Wednesday.
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