Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts

Thursday, May 8, 2014

First South African voters born after the end of apartheid queue for the ballot box in first general election since Nelson Mandela's death

Patient: South African voters queue at a polling station in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg. The outcome of the election is expected by noon on ThursdayAround one million South Africans born since white-minority rule to vote
  • Ruling ANC set to prevail even among those with no memory of apartheid
  • President Jacob Zuma expected to keep power despite string of scandals

South Africans voted in the first 'Born Free' election today, although polls suggest the allure of the ruling African National Congress as the conqueror of apartheid will prevail even among those with no memory of white-minority rule.