“ANC under pressure when south Africa goes to the polls”
“the South african ruling party the African national congress (ANC) faces a historically bad performance as the country today go to the polls.”
“President Cyril Ramaphosa is struggling against declining poll for his party, which won all parliamentary elections since apartheid was abolished in 1994. Significantly better the vänsterpopulistiska Economic freedom fighters (EFF), which in a short time become one of the country’s major opposition parties. The party has, inter alia, profiled itself in the infected the land issue, and want the state to take over land without compensation to the current owner. The white minority still owns the most land in south Africa.”
“From the other side challenged Ramaphosa and the ANC of the liberal opposition party, the DA, with its first black leader Mmusi Maimane looks to take a safe second place.”
“opinion polls suggest a clear victory for the ANC, but it is not certain that the party manages to retain its majority in parliament. Would Ramaphosa fails it can open up for a maktstrid in the fragmented and korruptionsanfrätta the ANC.”
“the Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 22.”
“south Africa is the african continent’s most industrialized country and the second largest economy (after Nigeria).”
“Between 1948 and 1994, there were rasåtskillnadspolitik – apartheid in south Africa. Apartheid was to separate black and white in a racist regime that, among other things, prohibited blacks from moving freely in the ”
“In april 1994 was held the first general elections in which all could participate, regardless of skin color. The african national congress (ANC) with Nelson Mandela in the lead won a landslide victory. Since then, the party, which formed a resistance movement during the apartheid era, won all the parliamentary elections. In 2007, Jacob Zuma over the chairmanship of the ANC after Thabo Mbeki, in turn, Mandela’s successor.”
“Zuma’s time as ANC leader and south african president was marred by corruption scandals. In december 2017 took Cyril Ramaphosa over the leadership, and shortly thereafter even the presidency. Ahead of the parliamentary elections on 8 may, Ramaphosa, among other things, promised new jobs, stronger growth and the reduction of inequalities between black and white.”
