By Anait Miridzhanian, Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -For the first time in South Africa’s democratic era, the African National Congress (ANC) will have to seek one or more coalition partners to govern with after it fell well short of a majority in last week’s national election. Here are scenarios of what could happen next in …
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By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Nearly half of the African countries hosting World Cup qualifiers over the next week are being forced to host their matches in neutral venues as the Confederation of African Football continues to clamp down on poor facilities. Some 17 of the 43 countries who have a home game …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said on Sunday that there was nothing to celebrate after the party lost its controlling majority, although it won the most votes in Wednesday’s general election. “The results showed a significant decline in ANC support from previous elections,” Mbalula told a press …
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By Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Looking out of his window at Cape Town’s False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa’s second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). But that doesn’t mean he is ready to see the party or its …
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By Sfundo Parakozov and Tannur Anders JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africans angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed support for the African National Congress (ANC) to 40% in this week’s election, ending three decades of dominance by the party that freed the country from apartheid. A dramatically weakened mandate for the legacy party of Nelson …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) had 40.27% of the vote after the election commission released results from over 99% of polling stations on Saturday. (Reporting by Tannur Anders; Editing by Alexander Winning)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) had 40.98% of the vote after the election commission released results from 91.62% of polling stations late on Friday. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Chris Reese)
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Armed men killed at least six civilians and five troops in an attack in Nigeria’s southeastern Abia state, the military said on Friday, prompting the state government to offer a 25-million-naira ($16,850) reward for information on the gunmen. The attack on Thursday was the latest in a string of raids …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – One South African soldier was killed and 13 others where injured in a battle with Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the South African National Defence Force said on Friday. The soldiers, deployed to Congo as part of its contribution to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) force sent …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s main labour unions on Friday said they had declared an indefinite strike from Monday after failing to agree a new minimum wage with the government. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) – two of the country’s biggest unions – had said on May 1 …
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