South Africans are voting in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory
South Africans are voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid's brutal white minority rule in 1994. It is now the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty.
One is led by South Africa's previous president, who seeks revenge on his former ANC colleagues. Some South Africans will express their discontent by not showing up, tired of promises unfulfilled. “They are going to say they will build houses for us, they are going to say everything. But after tomorrow they will forget about us, and then it is another five years, and then what then? So I do not think I am going to vote,” said Tawfiqa Daas in Cape Town.
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