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
carlo ancelotti has won the title, also a record. eminem has released the lead single from his new album the death of slim shady, coup de grace which will be released in full this summer. the music video for the track, called houdini, has been viewed more than 20 million times on youtube. in it, the rapper confronts his provocative, bleach blond alter ego slim shady and, as the album name suggests, alludes to his apparent demise. stay with us here on bbc news. it was a pretty decent saturday for much of the north of the uk. we saw highs of 22 celsius, the warmest spots of scotland and northern ireland. but it was cool, cloudy and breezy for eastern england. for sunday, it s a reverse of fortunes. it s the south and east