CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For years, the African National Congress rose above politics in South Africa. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black...
. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the lofty principle of democracy, equality and a better life for all South Africa ns.
That has been difficult for the ANC government to sustain after some early success in raising living standards in its first 10 years in power. South Africa sits today withThe ANC has often pointed to the difficulties in reversing nearly a half-century of racist laws under apartheid and hundreds of years of European colonialism before that, which kept millions in poverty.
The ANC is still expected to be the biggest party, but dropping below 50% would lead to it having to govern alongside others in a coalition. The former president, in a typically loud post on his social media platform Truth Social, claimed that FBI agents had been authorized to use ‘deadly force’ during the raid of his Florida propertyTehokkaasti hoikka: Vertailussa 2024 parhaat...Ukrainian gunners finally get shells to stop Russians near Kharkiv
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