South Africa, ANC
Support for South Africa's ANC near 40% weeks before election, Ipsos poll shows
Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has fallen to just over 40%, an Ipsos opinion poll showed, weeks before a general election that could usher in the biggest political change since the end of the apartheid era.
South Africa’s ANC Support Slips; Leftist EFF Backing Slumps
Voter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress slipped further before next month’s election, a new opinion poll showed, with the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters leaking votes to a new party backed by former President Jacob Zuma.
Zuma’s MK party and unhappy voters whack ANC to 40.2% in latest Ipsos poll
More than a third of registered South African voters say no political party truly represents their views, making for a fluid final push.
South African rand firms as poll shows ANC support at around 40%
South Africa's rand strengthened on Friday as analysts said a recent poll suggested there was no alternative to the governing African National Congress (ANC), despite a fall in its support.
BHP’s South Africa Snub an Indictment of ANC, Opposition Says
BHP Group Ltd.’s bid to spin off Anglo American Plc’s South African assets as part of a takeover proposal shows how the economic policies of the ruling African National Congress have undermined investor confidence in the country,
ANC support slips, new MK Party makes inroads, EFF backing slumps – Ipsos poll
Voter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has slipped further ahead of next month’s national election, but the biggest loser was the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, according to an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos.
South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead
South Africa this week celebrates 30 years of freedom after a historic 1994 election that saw the end of white minority rule ...
The day apartheid died: South Africa’s first free elections – archive, 1994
In April 1994, the country held its first all-race, democratic elections. See how the Guardian reported events ...
Thabo Mbeki vows to rid South Africa's ANC of 'rotten apples'
South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki has vowed to remove "rotten apples" and "thieves" from the governing African ...
South Africa's Eskom aims to limit winter power cuts
South Africa's state power utility Eskom said on Friday that it would probably be able to limit rolling power cuts over the ...
Why South Africa is Anglo American’s ‘poison pill’
BHP, whose £31bn bid for Anglo has been rejected, faces fraught politics and complicated history in the country ...
Has South Africa Truly Defeated Apartheid?
When the apartheid government was toppled in South Africa, ending white minority rule, people around the world shared in the ...
South Africa’s constitution was set up as the bedrock of its democracy: it’s been challenged over last 30 years, but has held firm
The constitution and the principle of constitutionalism will continue to be politically contested territory. So far it’s held ...
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How race and politics interact in modern South Africa
It enjoys another major advantage: a level playing field. South Africa is renowned for the strength of its democracy.
South Africa to mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty with a tense election ahead
As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the ...
Zuma Dispels Ill-Health Rumors at Party Rally in South Africa
Former South African President Jacob Zuma made his first public appearance in a week as his party sought to dispel ...