Politics● Low3h ago · Nov 8, 2026, 12:19 PM
South Africa’s ANC suffers setback in local elections
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Al Jazeera [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
With 99 percent of votes counted, President Cyril Ramaphosa's party wins 31 percent nationally.
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