'Devastating message' as ANC records worst-ever result in South Africa election

Перевод пока не готов. Показан оригинал статьи.

South Africa's ANC has recorded its worst-ever showing in local elections since Nelson Mandela led the country out of apartheid and into democracy more than 30 years ago, a result the party has called "catastrophic". While it won the most votes of all parties in the country, the African National Congress won 31% of the overall vote, one third down from the 46% it gained in 2021, and a far cry from the 65% 20 years ago. The story of its decline is also clear in the provinces and cities. The party won a majority in just one of the country's nine provinces, Limpopo. In 2021 it won six. It also won the most votes in just two of the eight cities, compared with six at the last local elections.