South Africa Faces Pivotal Election as ANC Risks Losing Majority

Three decades after the end of apartheid, economic stagnation, corruption, and inequality challenge the ruling ANC's grip on power.

Opinion polls suggest the ANC may lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994.
Rampant unemployment and poverty disproportionately affect Black South Africans, with a third of the labor force unemployed.
The ANC's Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policy has been criticized for enriching a connected elite rather than the wider population.
Corruption, particularly under former President Jacob Zuma, has hollowed out state institutions and crippled economic growth.
A coalition of opposition parties is challenging the ANC, signaling a potential shift in South Africa's political landscape.