Partial results in South Africa's national election put the African National Congress party at well below 50 per cent of the vote, and it could be on the brink of losing its majority for the first time since sweeping to power under Nelson Mandela in 1994.
MK Party supporters dance in the middle of the street in Mahlbnathini village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Thursday May 30, 2024. MK Party is currently leading in the provincial poll against the ANC, who've held the stronghold in the province for the last 20 years.
South Africans were waiting with baited breath to see if their country, Africa's most advanced economy, was about to enter a new era. Some analysts said the incomplete results were already unprecedented with regards to how far the long dominant ANC was below the 50 per cent mark at this stage in the counting. The partial results put the ANC at 43 per cent of the vote.
South Africa may be the continent's most advanced country, but it has struggled to solve a profuse inequality that has kept millions in poverty decades after the segregation of apartheid ended. That inequality and widespread poverty disproportionately affects the Black majority that make up more than 80 per cent of the country's population. South Africa has one of the worst unemployment rates in the world at 32 per cent.
South Africans vote for parties and not directly for their president in national elections. Those parties then get seats in Parliament according to their share of the vote and lawmakers elect the president. The ANC has always had a clear parliamentary majority since 1994, so the president has always been from the ANC.The electoral commission predicted a high turnout and that was reflected in Wednesday's scenes across the nation, as South Africans lined up into the night to make their choice.
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