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In rural South Africa, voters weigh frustration and ANC loyalty
In Nelson Mandela's hometown of Qunu there has been no running water since 2016, jobs are scarce and crime is on the rise as unemployed young men and women while away their days drinking beer.
South Africa Investors See Stable Coalition After Election
Most investors expect South Africa’s ruling African National Congress to form a stable coalition that includes the Inkatha Freedom Party after May 29 elections, boosting financial markets and ensuring policy stability,
As South Africa's democracy turns 30, Mandela's ANC faces toughest election yet
South African voters will decide on May 29 whether to give another five-year mandate to the African National Congress, the political party that helped bring about the country’s transition to multi-racial democracy in 1994 and has ruled ever since.
South Africa election: How Mandela's once revered ANC lost its way with infighting and scandals
For years, the African National Congress rose above politics in South Africa. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the lofty principle of democracy,
South Africa’s ANC to Finalize Policy on Income Grant by 2026
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will finalize a comprehensive policy on universal credit within two years should it return to power after next week’s election.Most Read from BloombergT
Next week’s election is South Africa’s most important since 1994
Apathy also helps the ANC. In 1994, the first election after the end of apartheid, 86% of those eligible went to the polls. In 2019 that share was just 49%. Perhaps only a quarter of those born since apartheid ended will bother to vote this time.
Why the upcoming South African election is a massive milestone for the ruling ANC
South Africa’s ANC party has dominated government for 30 years, but it looks like it is about to be thrown out.
South Africa election: How Mandela's once revered ANC lost its way with infighting and scandal
For years, the African National Congress rose above politics in South Africa. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the lofty principle of democracy,
Former South African president Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has criticized the country’s highest court and his former allies in the ruling ...
In South Africa, a community struggling for clean water reflects wider discontent ahead of election
The struggle starts early in the Hammanskraal area of South Africa as people queue some mornings to fill buckets with water ...
Boosted by Gaza war, South African Muslim party open to deal with ANC
South Africa's small Muslim political party Al Jama-ah is gaining support due to the conflict in Gaza and sees itself as a ...
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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - South Africa Election Preview
South Africa holds its general election on 29 May, with the contest potentially set to result in a sea-change in the country’s political environment. For the first time since the end of Apartheid and ...
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Graft, jobs, immigration: South Africa's key election issues
PRETORIA - South Africans head to polls on May 29 in the most competitive general election in three decades, where the ruling African National Congress faces growing disillusionment and risks losing ...