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BBC OS: 2024/05/29 16:06 GMT: South Africans vote in pivotal election

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South Africans vote in pivotal election

2024/05/29 16:06 GMT

2024/05/29 16:06 GMT: South Africans vote in pivotal election

BBC World Service - BBC OS, South Africans vote in pivotal election

The ANC may lose its majority for the first time

The ANC may lose its majority for the first time.

South Africans are voting in pivotal general elections in which the ANC could lose its majority for the first time since 1994. We speak to our reporters in Durban and Johannesburg and hear from voters. 

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Presenter: Luke Jones.

(Photo: South Africa holds general election, Eshowe - 29 May 2024. Credit:  SANDILE NDLOVU/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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