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South Africa's ANC loses another court case against rival party led by former president Zuma
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's ruling African National Congress lost a second court case against a new rival party fronted by former President Jacob Zuma on Monday. A judge in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in the eastern city of Durban dismissed the ANC's case...
How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power...
The Latest | Israel says it will reopen border crossing with hard-hit northern Gaza
Israel says it's taking steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, including reopening a key border crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the plans early Friday, just hours after President Joe...
AP photographer's early experiences in Washington helped prepare her to cover wartime diplomacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacquelyn Martin is a staff photojournalist with The Associated Press based in Washington. She covers politics at the White House and Congress and has traveled the world as a pool photographer covering every secretary of state since Hillary Clinton. She is also known for her...
South Africa's ANC fails in bid to ban former leader Zuma's party from polls
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court on Tuesday dismissed the ruling party's case demanding a rival opposition party be deregistered and banned from participating in the upcoming election. The Electoral Court said the ruling African National Congress party's objection to how...
South Africa's ruling ANC takes rival party to court in fractious buildup to election
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's ruling African National Congress is taking the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted by a former president to court, underscoring a fractious buildup to what could be the country's most pivotal election in 30 years. ...
Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May's national election and who the major players are
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Polls suggest South Africa will face a historic turning point in a national election in May as the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time since coming to power in the country's first all-race vote at the end of apartheid in 1994....
South Africa sets May 29 elections that could be the most pivotal since apartheid ended
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa will hold pivotal national elections May 29 as polls show the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time since it came to power with the fall of apartheid 30 years ago. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced...
Pressure mounts on South Africa's ruling party as unemployment rises again ahead of election
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's unemployment rate, already the highest in the world, rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official government figures released on Tuesday. The Quarterly Labor Force Survey reported that the number of unemployed...
Leader of South African opposition party promises jobs, land ahead of election
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — The controversial leader of South Africa’s third largest political party promised Saturday to create jobs for millions of the country’s unemployed and turn around its economy as he seeks to attract voters ahead of a much anticipated general election. ...
