The results brought closer to reality the once-unthinkable notion that the ANC, which led South Africa out of the white minority rule of apartheid, might one day not be its biggest party.
South Africa’s African National Congress recorded its weakest result in local elections, while remaining the country’s largest party, according to Xinhua and Africanews. The New Indian Express reported the ANC received 30.76 percent of the vote; Al Jazeera described its share as just over 30 percent. BBC News reported that President Cyril Ramaphosa said the party must respect voters’ verdict, while the reports do not give a single vote-share figure.
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