First results from South Africa’s most competitive election since the end of apartheid were trickling in early on Thursday, after a late voting surge kept many polling stations open with snaking queues late into the night. Wednesday’s news could mark a watershed in the country’s politics, as opinion polls suggest the African National Congress (ANC) could…
Source: Africa Publicity South Africans are heading to the polls today across their nation to vote in an election described as the most fiercely contested since the end of apartheid rule in 1994. Over 27 million South Africans are registered to vote in the polls analysts say highlight growing political fragmentation in the country after…
The most urgent problems that South Africans want their government to address after the forthcoming elections are unemployment, unreliable electricity supply, and corruption, according to a new Afrobarometer pre-election telephone survey. Citizens also cite economic issues including inflation, poverty, and management of the economy. As citizens prepare to go to the…
