The ANC has won every parliamentary vote since 1994, and opinion polls suggest the ruling party will secure another majority on Wednesday.
The African National Congress has won every parliamentary vote since 1994, and opinion polls suggest the ruling party will secure another majority on Wednesday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the crowd gathered at the Miki Yili Stadium, ahead of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Freedom Day, in Makhanda, Eastern Cape Province on April 27, 2019.are preparing to vote for a new national parliament, 25 years after landmark elections ended white-minority rule.
The biggest rivals to the ANC are the Democratic Alliance — the country's main opposition party — and the Economic Freedom Fighters , a radical leftist group. "The ANC will win with a slightly reduced majority, but it is the provincial breakdown which could have grand implications over whether Ramaphosa is able to implement economic reform," Indigo Ellis, Africa analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, told CNBC via telephone.The ANC, which spearheaded the struggle for freedom in South Africa, has accrued serious reputational damage by successive corruption scandals in recent years.
The 66-year-old lawyer returned to frontline politics as one of the country's wealthiest politicians in 2014, with aHe was elected as ANC leader in 2017, before replacing Zuma as president in February last year.
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