‘We didn’t fight for this’: ANC’s grip on power in peril in South Africa election
The Guardian -

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, corruption is rife, crime is high and the economy is a mess. The party of Mandela admits it ‘made mistakes’. But will the people forgive them?In the heart of Soweto, the birthplace of South African democracy has been burned, looted and stripped for parts.Almost 70 years ago, in the early days of apartheid, more than 3,000 people gathered in a dusty square to draw up the Freedom Charter, demanding a series of rights and proclaiming that South Africa...

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