South Africa’s ANC heads to all-time election low with a third of vote

Source Scout · Courthouse News Service reports: The pro-business, center-right Democratic Alliance was placing second with just over 24% of the votes. JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — South Africa’s once-dominant African National Congress was headed for its worst-ever election performance Friday, with near final results showing it had won only about a third of the vote in local government polls. The municipal elections Wednesday were dominated by concerns over failing water and power supplies in one of Africa’s wealthiest nations, which became a democracy in 1994 when the ANC took power.

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