South Africa's ANC party poised to lose majority, partial election results suggest
If partial results from this week’s election in South Africa stay the course, the free hand the African National Congress (ANC) has enjoyed on the national political stage for 30 years could well be coming to an end.
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![An election official prepares the ballots Wednesday May 29, 2024, for the general elections in Soweto, South Africa. South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put them in unknown territory in the short history of their democracy, the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party being the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty. Long sheets of paper are shown resting on a table as a person's hands are shown handling them.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7217881.1716981339!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/south-africa-election.jpg)
If partial results from this week’s election in South Africa stay the course, the free hand the African National Congress (ANC) has enjoyed on the national political stage for 30 years could well be coming to an end.