South Africa to hold general election on May 29

Supporters of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) attend the 112th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the party in January 2024 [File: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]

South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has said.

Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is expected to face a tough challenge to retain its parliamentary majority in the country’s seventh democratic election since the end of the apartheid system in 1994.