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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Qaanitah Hunter

Why South Africa’s opposition may struggle to unseat the ruling ANC

South Africans seeking casual employment sit beneath election campaign posters ahead of the May 29 general elections [Nic Bothma/Reuters]

Johannesburg, South Africa – For the first time in 30 years, South Africa’s governing party faces an electoral crisis with expectations that its support will dramatically reduce and it may lose its parliamentary majority in this month’s election.

But even as the African National Congress (ANC) – which has been in power since the end of apartheid in 1994 – struggles to attract voters, it has one key advantage that could help it stay in power, analysts say.

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