In South Africa, the African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, suffered its worst results in local elections on Sunday. The ANC won just 31% of the vote, though it remains South Africa’s largest party. Its main rival, the Democratic Alliance, said it won the votes of more than 1 million Black South Africans for the first time.
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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