The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The African National Congress party lost its majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With more than 99% of votes...

After South Africa's historic election, what now for its global role on issues like the war in Gaza?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — It was a historic day for South Africa. The political party that ended the racially divisive era of apartheid and sent global hopes soaring with a vibrant new democracy has lost its three-decade grip on power, according to election results Saturday. ...

South Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial election results put ruling ANC well below 50%

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time and a series of complex negotiations to achieve that, as partial election results Friday put the ruling African National Congress well short of a majority. With...

In South Africa, first-time voters want their choice to count and keep their dreams alive

NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Months ahead of South Africa’s election, 20-year-old Amahle Ncane and her friends decided to turn peer pressure on its head and made their own special pact: Unlike their parents' lost dreams after the high hopes of the first democratic elections in 1994, they are...

Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses momentous change

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Partial results in South Africa's national election put the long-ruling African National Congress party at well below 50% of the vote as counting continued Thursday, and it could be on the brink of losing its majority for the first time since sweeping to power under Nelson...

South Africa's election results may only be the start of a rocky political process. Here's why

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The real politicking in South Africa may start after the final results of this week's election are announced as the country faces the possibility of no outright winner. Early results Thursday showed the ruling African National Congress at well below...

When South Africa's election results are expected and why the president will be chosen later

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa held a national election Wednesday that could be the country's most hotly contested in 30 years, with the long-ruling African National Congress party facing a stern test to hold onto its majority. The ANC has been the majority party and...

Polls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans voted Wednesday at schools, community centers, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as their country’s most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. It could put the young democracy into unknown territory. At...

South Africans have begun voting in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years

South Africa's opposition parties make a final call for historic change the day before election

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African opposition parties made a final appeal to voters Tuesday as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy. At the heart of Wednesday's national election is the question of whether South Africans will...