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| ANC to lead South Africa govt with diminished majority |
| 2019-05-13 |
| [DAWN] South Africa’s ruling ANC geared on Saturday for its sixth straight term in power in the post-apartheid era but its worst ever electoral showing could hamper efforts to revive the flagging economy and fight graft. Provisional results, due to be confirmed later on Saturday, show that voters on Wednesday gave the ANC its smallest mandate since 1994, when Nelson Mandela led it to victory in the first multi-racial polls. The party has been battling corruption scandals, sluggish economic growth and record unemployment ‐ all issues its new leader, President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to tackle. Businessman Ramaphosa, 66, took over last year when the ANC compelled then-president Jacob Zuma to resign after nine years dominated by graft allegations and economic decline. Official results showed the African National Congress (ANC) holding a comfortable lead with 57.5 per cent ‐ a huge dip from almost 70 per cent in 2004 and 62 per cent in 2014. Its closest rival, the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), trailed at a distant 20.78 per cent. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Remind me again how much ruin there is in a country. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-05-13 09:27 |
| #2 Headline could be dated 2119-05-13, they'll still be in power squandering the resources of the land. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-13 06:06 |
| #1 ANC to lead South Africa govt with diminished |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-05-13 01:01 |