The election, 25 years after apartheid ended, was as a referendum on the beleaguered party
By Max Bearak Max Bearak Africa bureau chief based in Nairobi Email Bio Follow May 11 at 11:58 AM JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress, led by union leader-turned-business magnate Cyril Ramaphosa, have retained a slim majority of seats in South Africa’s parliament, giving Ramaphosa a weak mandate for a full five-year term as president.
Analysts have debated whether a weak showing for the ANC will help or hurt Ramaphosa, who is 66, in his efforts to commandeer the party after nine years of control by Zuma. More than half of South Africans ages 15 to 24 are unemployed. According to regular polling by Citizen Surveys South Africa, as of March, 79 percent of South Africans think corruption is on the rise; just 22 percent think the country is heading in the right direction. The economy, still Africa’s most industrialized, grew at less than 1 percent last year.
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