Support for South Africa’s ANC drops below 50%

 Electoral support for the African National Congress has fallen below 50% for the first time since the start of the democratic era in 1994.

The party polled 46% countrywide in Monday’s local elections, the electoral commission says.

Its closest rival, the Democratic Alliance got a 22% share of the vote and Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters won 10%.

In the last local election in 2016, the ANC polled 54%.

The next general election in set for 2024.

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