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2 Jun 2024
South Africa's ruling ANC said Sunday that it would enter talks with other parties to form a new government, after losing its three-decade-old absolute majority in a watershed election.
1 Jun 2024
South Africa's ruling ANC awaited the imminent confirmation on Saturday that it had lost its three-decade-old absolute majority and would have to find allies if it is to remain in power.
31 May 2024
The results dashboard of South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) crashed on Friday morning. It was reported that the live results dashboard on the IEC’s website was displaying all results and the number of votes counted as zero. The glitch affected the IEC’s provisional results centres, website, and mobile app. The IEC found the problem to…
13 Apr 2024
With less than two months to South Africa's crunch election, scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma has stolen the spotlight in an unlikely comeback, further wounding the ruling ANC, analysts say.
8 Apr 2024
Judges in South Africa will on Tuesday rule on whether former president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to appear on the ballot in May elections.
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