South Africa’s ruling party marks weakest election win in quarter century
With turnout at 65 percent, some 57.5 percent of voters back African National Congress
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, Associated Press
Published: May 11, 2019, 7:02pm
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PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Saturday marked its weakest victory in national elections in a quarter-century, while President Cyril Ramaphosa declared that the vote had given him and others “a firm mandate to build a better South Africa for all.”
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