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Stan Rogers Folk Festival 2024: 27 years of music and community | SaltWire #festival #music #nsBOTLENG, South Africa - With South Africa's ruling party on track to get about 42% of the vote in the national election, the anger in its heartland coal-mining belt gives a hint as to why it faces its worst result ever - and the prospect of sharing power with its rivals.
"I don't want to see those potholes, I don't want to see young guys smoking nyaope ... because there's nothing else to do." "Those guys fought for freedom but that freedom has slowly but surely been taken away from us," he said."We can't do anything with no money." With nearly 55% of votes counted nationally, Electoral Commission data showed the biggest hit to the ANC's majority comes from the new uMkhonto we Sizwe party set up by ex-president Jacob Zuma in December. In Mpumalanga, the MK has 18% - the main driver behind the ANC's share falling to just under half, compared with 72% in the previous 2019 poll. The pro-business Democratic Alliance and far-left Economic Freedom Fighters rose by 2 and 1 percentage points respectively to 12% and 13%.
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