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South Africa's ruling party fields election candidates who have faced graft allegations

Mar. 11, 2024 14:44 PM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said Monday that six officials facing accusations of corruption have been included on its list of candidates for this year’s election, bringing more scrutiny on a party that already has had its reputation badly...

9 people have died in a road crash in South Africa after attending a ruling party election rally

Feb. 25, 2024 09:36 AM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Nine people were killed in a road crash in South Africa on Sunday after attending an election rally by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress party. The ANC supporters were traveling on a bus back to their home province of...

South Africa's ANC launches election manifesto as president highlights party's achievements

Feb. 24, 2024 17:30 PM EST

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday highlighted the achievements of his African National Congress, which has ruled the country for all of its 30 years of democrac y, as it heads into a tight race in May's election. Ramaphosa delivered...

Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May's national election and who the major players are

Feb. 24, 2024 13:54 PM EST

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 African prosecutors seek extradition orders in the case of $580K stolen from the president

Feb. 23, 2024 12:43 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday they are seeking extradition orders and the arrest of more suspects over the 2020 theft of around $580,000 in U.S. cash that was hidden in a couch at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's ranch. The theft, which only became...

South Africa sets May 29 elections that could be the most pivotal since apartheid ended

Feb. 20, 2024 15:37 PM EST

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

Feb. 20, 2024 08:02 AM EST

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...

South Africa's main opposition party lays out plans to unseat the African National Congress

Feb. 17, 2024 11:43 AM EST

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Thousands of South Africans gathered in the capital Saturday to show support for the country’s biggest opposition party as it prepares for a much-anticipated national election in which it hopes to wrest control of the government from the ruling African National...

South African president defends 30 years of ANC rule in speech to Parliament ahead of elections

Feb. 08, 2024 16:46 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted Thursday that his ruling African National Congress party is making progress in addressing South Africa's problems such as record unemployment, an electricity crisis and corruption allegations that have even dented his own...

South Africa opposition leaders disrupted the president's speech last year. They're barred this time

Feb. 06, 2024 15:20 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African court on Tuesday upheld a ban on leaders of a boisterous opposition party from attending a speech this week by President Cyril Ramaphosa opening the new parliamentary session after they were sanctioned for disrupting the event a year ago. ...