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  1. South African Communist Party secures around 226 Council seats in historic independent electoral contest

    mronline.org ZA

  2. South Africa: Ministers Pocket Pay Hikes As Millions Battle to Survive

    AllAfrica ZA

    [Scrolla] The increase adds about R97,725 a year to a minister's remuneration package and R46,304 to an ordinary MP's package. The announcement came on the same day Stats SA reported that unemployment had risen to 33.7%, with 8.6 million pe...

  3. Mandela’s party, long dominant in South Africa, is bleeding support

    The Washington Post ZA

  4. How Nelson Mandela’s ANC party lost its way in South Africa

    Anchorage Daily News ZA

  5. African National Congress Suffers Its Worst Election Result Since South Africa Ended Apartheid

    Democracy Now! ZA

  6. Les leçons des élections municipales du 4 novembre en Afrique du Sud

    RFI Afrique ZA

    Le Congrès national africain, l'ANC, au pouvoir depuis les premières élections libres du pays en 1994, est en déclin et enregistre le plus mauvais score de son histoire, avec un peu plus de 30 % des voix. Cécile Perrot, maîtresse de confére...

  7. Afrique du Sud : l'ANC subit le pire score de son histoire électoral depuis plus de 30 ans

    France 24 FR ZA

    Le Congrès national africain (ANC), parti dominant la politique sud-africaine depuis la fin de l'apartheid, a obtenu 30,76 % des voix aux élections municipales dimanche 8 novembre. Ces résultats montrent le recul spectaculaire de l'ANC, le...

  8. Afrique du Sud : la déroute de l'ANC, parti de Nelson Mandela, aux municipales

    France 24 FR ZA

    Le Congrès national africain (ANC), parti dominant la politique sud-africaine depuis la fin de l'apartheid, a obtenu 30,76 % des voix aux élections municipales, le pire score de son histoire, selon les résultats définitifs annoncés dimanche...

  9. South Africa's ANC suffers historic setback in local elections as coalition talks begin

    France 24 ZA SN UG

    South Africa's ruling ANC party suffers its worst-ever local election results, securing just 30 percent of the vote, as coalition talks loom. Meanwhile, former Ugandan military intelligence officer Herbert Matanda Mabonga accuses the army o...

  10. South Africa: ANC Loses Ground, Coalition Talks Take Centre Stage [Africanews Today]

    Africanews ZA

    Nelson Mandela's party is losing ground, although it remains the country's largest political force.

  11. 'People have spoken': Ramaphosa reacts to outcome of local govt polls

    Africanews ZA

    The African National Congress, which has dominated South African politics since the end of apartheid, took 30.76 percent of votes in municipal elections, its worst-ever electoral performance, the electoral commission said Sunday

  12. 'Devastating message' as ANC records worst-ever result in South Africa election

    BBC Africa ZA

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says the verdict must be respected, while the party's secretary-general calls the outcome "catastrophic".

  13. ANC faces bruising defeat in South African local elections with 80% of ballots counted

    The Guardian ZA

    Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 resultThe African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelso...

  14. Municipales en Afrique du Sud : l'ANC vers un recul électoral inédit, selon des résultats partiels

    France 24 FR ZA

    Le Congrès national africain (ANC), qui dirige l'Afrique du Sud depuis 1994, se dirige vers le pire résultat électoral de son histoire, indiquaient vendredi les scores après dépouillement de plus des trois quarts des votes des élections mun...

  15. South Africa's ANC party on track to face 'nightmare' losses in municipal elections

    France 24 ZA

    South Africa's African National Congress party could face its worst-ever election result on Friday with about a third of support after 80 percent of the votes from local government polls counted. Final results are expected by Sunday.

  16. Municipales en Afrique du Sud : l'ANC se dirige vers son pire résultat électoral

    France 24 FR ZA

    Le Congrès national africain (ANC), à la tête de l'Afrique du Sud depuis 1994, se dirige vers le pire résultat électoral de son histoire, indiquent les scores après dépouillement de la moitié des votes des élections municipales, jeudi en fi...

  17. South Africans eager to vote as local elections put failing services in focus

    France 24 ZA

    South Africans voted on Wednesday, November 4, in local elections. Nearly 30 million people were eligible to cast their ballots, with corruption, failing infrastructure and the deterioration of essential services among the key issues shapin...

  18. South Africans vote in key municipal elections

    France 24 ZA ET SD

    In tonight's edition: South Africa's ruling ANC party faces a crucial test as millions vote to elect municipal governments. Also, Ethiopia has expelled six Sudanese diplomats amid accusations it's allowing the paramilitary RSF to launch dro...

  19. ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections

    The Guardian ZA

    Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cutsThe African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls...