around 40% of the vote, while former president jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. 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, b
and corruption and a lack of basic necessities, like water and electricity. results from wednesday s election show the anc winning around 40% of the vote, while former president jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. 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
of basic necessities, like water and electricity. results from wednesday s election show the anc winning around 40% of the vote, while former president jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. 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
stop the boat and that is why i will be encouraging everyone in this constituency and across the country to be supporting the conservatives in the 4th ofjuly. h0??? to be supporting the conservatives in the 4th ofjuly. to be supporting the conservatives in the 4th ofjuly. how many people have been removed in the 4th ofjuly. how many people have been removed to in the 4th ofjuly. how many people have been removed to rwanda - in the 4th ofjuly. how many people have been removed to rwanda so . in the 4th ofjuly. how many people i have been removed to rwanda so far? well, the planes haven t yet taken off but the bill has been through parliament, that was myjob. labour have thwarted this at every stage. they voted against it, voted against our tough immigration laws over 130 times and they said they would scrap the scheme. they said they would scrap it even if it was up and running and working. we saw the early signs of the deterrent effect working full stop we saw a few week
they have been on the outside looking in. by one measure, the world bank called south africa the most unequal society in the world, with 10% of the population holding 71% of the wealth, while the bottom 60% holding just 7% of assets. that s the fundamental dynamic at play for why the anc has tumbled out of its majority. you think it is the younger generation in south africa that is likely behind a watershed moment, as you call it? overwhelmingly. when you have 11 million eligible voters that did not register, another 13 million who did registered but didn t participate, overwhelmingly young, and all those who did participate in places like kwazulu natal, anc stronghold, jacob zuma s new party absolutely dominated, and it s overwhelmingly young people who are disenfranchised, who feel the anc has lost its way and become corrupt, not