ANC at a crossroads as South Africa goes to the polls
The Guardian -

Party’s leaders are more nervous than ever that it will lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to victoryIt was supposed to be a show of strength, a packed crowd of 83,000 ANC supporters showing South Africa that despite the country’s myriad problems, the ruling party was still confident of victory in Wednesday’s pivotal elections.Instead, as people streamed out of the three-quarters-full venue before President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech had even begun, the Siyanqoba (“To...

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