South African Opposition Targets ANC Majority As Vote Looms

The ruling ANC has played on fears that South Africa's white-led main opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) will turn back the clock to the days of apartheid. (Credit: AFP)

South Africa's opposition parties mounted an 11th-hour assault Sunday on the ruling ANC's 30-year-old grip on power, staging large-scale rallies three days before what promises to be a historic general election.

From the right, the Democratic Alliance (DA) gathered in the town of Benoni outside Johannesburg to cheer on leader John Steenhuisen under a pair of national flags ahead of Wednesday's vote.