it had been a slow and steady day, and then, this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. ..already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outright majority it held for 30 years, the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid. this is uncharted territory. we ask for all electoral stakeholders to please remain calm, for leaders to lead this nation at this time and for voices of reason to continue to prevail. the anc was born out of the struggle against apartheid, the violence of white minority
a retired astronaut and nasa engineer. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. let s talk about that far side of the moon. how much more difficult is it to try and launch a successful mission there? so the far successful mission there? sr the far side has been much less explored than the side that faces the earth, for many reasons, including the fact it s difficult to communicate with a spacecraft on the far side, because radio transmissions rely on line off site. so what the chinese have done several years ago was to put a relay satellite at the second point between the earth and the moon. rely on the line of sight. it is able to relay radio signals back and forth. so the change six has successfully landed, and as you pointed out, it aims to return the first samples from the far
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