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    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa casts his ballot on Wednesday.

    South Africa’s post-apartheid reckoning

    The country that heroically freed itself of the colonial legacy of white minority rule in 1994 is now facing a political crossroads after Wednesday’s election.

    • The AFR View
    Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, arrives at the Results Operation Centre in Johannesburg. The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result.

    Jacob Zuma the disruptor has South Africa’s fate in his hands

    Six years after being pushed from office, the former prime minister successfully upstaged his successor Cyril Ramaphosa in national elections this week.

    • S'thembile Cele and Ntando Thukwana
    Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, arrives at the Results Operation Centre in Johannesburg. The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result.

    Party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses 30-year majority

    With more than 99 per cent of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40 per cent in parliamentary elections – well short of the majority it held.

    • Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome

    May

    MK Party supporters celebrate in a village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

    Nelson Mandela’s party set to lose majority in seismic election

    South African voters have watched the economy stagnate over the past decade, while unemployment and poverty have climbed and infrastructure has crumbled.

    • Bhargav Acharya and Anait Miridzhanian