Politics● Low14h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 2:31 PM
South Africa votes in local elections as growing anger threatens ANC
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFI [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africans queued from early on Wednesday to vote in municipal elections, with anger over corruption, crime and failing public services threatening to inflict fresh losses on the African National Congress.
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