african national congress the oldest liberation movement on the african continent has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of the doubts away from the anc. and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, and said he was demanding a full revote. the results are not official yet, but they are clear the anc has lost the majority it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we as
interview and that is in the sun on sunday with sir keir starmer in which he says he would promise to cut migration will stop what he s talking about there is legal immigration, net migration, which last year stood at 685,000, so that is the difference between the number of people leaving the uk and coming in. keir starmersaid in the of people leaving the uk and coming in. keir starmer said in the past he thinks that number is too high and he would like to see it come down but i think the difference here, and it is a subtle shift but politically quite an important one, it is committing to getting that number down. what is also significant is that he isn t saying by how much or buy when so he is not putting a target on this and of course you might remember the conservatives promised to get that figure down to the tens of thousands and they haven t done that so it might be why keir starmer is reluctant to put a target on it but what he is also talking about is strengthening laws so that