ANC party loses its 30-year parliamentary majority in South Africa
The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.
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![Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) officials empty a ballot box during the vote counting process at the Norwood school voting station in Durban on May 29, 2024, during South Africa's general election. South African voters queued -- many of them for hours -- to cast their ballots on May 29, 2024 in a landmark general election that has left the ruling ANC fighting to protect its three-decade-long exclusive grip on power. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images) An election worker empties a ballot box.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7221873.1717242439!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/2154638306.jpg)
The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.