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South Africa’s Politics May Never Be the Same Again

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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Supporters of the uMkhonto we Sizwe party, which is led by Jacob Zuma, in Durban, South Africa, after local government elections on Wednesday.
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Helen Zille Is Running for Mayor of Johannesburg and Needling the ANC

As South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday, Helen Zille, 75, is betting voters care less about race and more about public services in her bid to become mayor of Johannesburg.

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Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, voting on Wednesday.
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