South Africa votes in 'crucial' test for ANC

Will the ANC continue to dominate the Rainbow Nation’s politics – and what difference will Mandela’s death make?

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SOUTH AFRICANS go to the polls today in a general election that marks the country’s 20th year as a democracy. It is also the first electoral test since the death of the Rainbow Nation’s inaugural post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela.

Mandela’s old party, the ANC, has won every national election since 1994 and most observers expect it to retain a firm hold of the National Assembly once again. South African news site Independent Online reported on Sunday that polls showed it set for a two-thirds majority.

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