Politics● Elevated3h ago · Nov 8, 2026, 5:01 AM
South Africa’s Politics May Never Be the Same Again
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NYT World · Sub-Saharan Africa
The African National Congress lost big in local elections, turning a once-dominant force credited with overturning apartheid into “any other political party.”
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