South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.
People wait in line to cast their ballots at a voting station in Khayelitsha of Cape Town, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country's 2024 general elections. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Xinhua)...
The ANC would return to the National Assembly with 230 seats, DA with 84 and EFF with 44 seats. The IEC said 97 percent of sample voters found the elections free and fair while 97 percent found the voting process easy. The IEC's Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said that South Africa...
'MY relationship with Marcelle is really the answer to apartheid, an answer by deed,' Piet Koornhof said. Marcelle Adams sat by his side on a dusty-pink leather sofa, while her one-year-old daughter, Maria, played with her adoptive father's car keys.RAYMOND WHITAKER in Cape Town...
JOHANNESBURG, June 1 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has secured about 40 percent of votes with over 99 percent of ballot counting completed in the country's general elections, the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) results showed on Saturday. ...
Electoral workers prepare to open the voting station as voters line up to cast their ballot for general elections in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.Themba Hadebe / AP The ANC has also been blamed — and apparently punished by voters — for a failure in...
South African Elections: Voting Is Still a Matter of Life and Death in Rural NatalHER soft voice was barely audible as she sang a favourite South African tune, "Too many people are crying", when suddenly the 23-year-old woman declared: "That song is not allowed around here. If they ...
JOHANNESBURG, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The preliminary results released by the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) on Thursday showed that the current ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is in the lead in the general elections as the counting continues. ...
The United Nations has to harmonize its position on key political issues in South Sudan with those of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union while maintaining its impartiality and independence. Both IGAD and the African Union have voiced support for elections in ...
JOHANNESBURG, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is currently leading in South Africa's 2024 national and provincial elections, with about 42 percent of the votes, as the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has counted over 60 percent of the ballots by Friday noo...