ANC

The African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in a stunning rebuke by South African voters in the May 29th elections, forcing the party of Nelson Mandela to seek a coalition partner for the first time in its electoral history.

When Nelson Mandela and his African Nationalist Congress party swept South Africa’s first post-apartheid elections in 1994, hopes were high for an economic and social transformation of the country. Thirty years and six national election cycles later, poverty and inequality remain endemic, crime rates have skyrocketed, the power grid is failing and trust in the governing ANC has eroded after serial corruption scandals.