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
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, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outrigh
way talks about this breach and this hack, be very, very careful. the second thing, don t click on links. don t click on any link that you receive through e mail or text message or whatsapp whatsoever. and the third thing is, especially if you click on that link and it says enter your details to check if you are in the breach or something like that, do not do that. ticketmaster says it is working to mitigate the risk to those affected and will contact its users with respect to unauthorised access to personal information. simon browning, bbc news. let s turn to some other important news around the world. a top official in bavaria in southern germany says flooding in the region has caused enormous damage. some rivers are at their highest levels in a century after heavy downpours. some dams have even burst. 1,500 people have had to leave their homes and officials have had to rescue several people. police in paris arrested a climate protester after an adhesive poster was stuck on a paintin
breach and this hack, be very, very careful. the second thing, don t click on links. don t click on any link that you receive through e mail or text message or whatsapp whatsoever. and the third thing is, especially if you click on that link and it says enter your details to check if you are in the breach or something like that, do not do that. ticketmaster says it is working to mitigate the risk to those affected and will contact its users with respect to unauthorised access to personal information. simon browning, bbc news. let s turn to some other important news around the world. police in paris arrested a climate protester after an adhesive poster was stuck on a painting by monet at the musee d 0rsay. in a video on social media, the protester is seen placing a blood red poster over the work. the painting was not protected by glass, but the museum says it was not damaged. this is the latest in a series of climate protests targeting works of art. el salvador s president nayib bukele