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South Africa's long job queue overshadows election
South Africa is facing crushingly high unemployment levels, with the latest jobless figures ticking up slightly to 33% - ranked by the World Bank as the worst of any nation. Among young people, it is even higher at 46%. Aged 37, Mondli Magwaza, says she has never been employed and is looking for any job “because I’m desperate”.
Will South Africa's 2024 election save its democracy?
President Cyril Ramaphosa's ruling ANC party is projected to lose its majority in South Africa's general election on May 29. For many voters, the polls offer another shot at restoring hope for the nation's democracy.
South Africa’s election could bring a defining moment — and new complications. Here’s what to know
South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party that has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.
South Africa's new MK party seeks majority win in pivotal election, Zuma says
South Africa's new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party is aiming to win a parliamentary majority in a May 29 election so that it can implement reforms without resistance from opponents, former President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.
South Africa election 2024: When is the poll and what is at stake for the ANC?
South Africa is heading for a general election in late May, with some polls suggesting the governing African National Congress (ANC) could get less than 50% of the vote for the first time in 30 years.
Zuma takes election battle cry to ANC’s heartland
Ex-President Jacob holds a rally in the historic township of Soweto as he returns to the political front line.
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Dyer: ANC's domination of South African politics about to end
Gramsci’s remark is being liberally quoted by South African journalists ahead of the May 29 election, for the old world in ...
South Africa's ANC walks political tightrope over coal plant shutdowns
In a ward South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) won handily in local elections three years ago, party ...
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R3 per litre petrol pain for South Africa
Currently, the volatile oil markets are significantly impacting petrol prices in South Africa. In May, due to the instability ...
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South Africa’s Western Cape, a showcase for ANC opposition
Ahead of the 29 May elections, the opposition Democratic Alliance is holding up South Africa’s Western Cape region and ...
South Africa’s ANC Unlikely to Ally With Populists, Report Says
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is likely to win 44.8% of the vote in this month’s national election and will ...
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Big turn for South Africa’s financial markets
The most pivotal South African election in decades is already turning the tide of the country’s financial markets. Money has been pouring into the country on a bet that the African National Congress ...
South Africa’s election could bring a defining moment — and new complications, AP explains
South Africa's election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party that ...