South Africa's most-tightly contested general election since the end of apartheid

Nearly 30 million people are set to head to the polls for South Africa's general election next week - during a time of huge unemployment and high crime.
The African National Congress party is facing the prospect of losing its majority for the first time since the end of the apartheid.
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[@doug282]

“This is the party that brought South Africa freedom…economic inequality, unemployment, and crime are at record levels” 🤦‍♂️

[@user-rn9co7jc4t]

The same party that allowed people to travel wherever they want to without carrying identification documents, also the right to vote plus as importantly provided peace between blacks and whites when it could have easily become somewhat of a civil war
So shut up and stop talking crap about my country

[@psylentrage]

@@user-rn9co7jc4t But here's another fun fact, South-Africa TODAY, has more racial laws than during Apartheid...

[@ArthurMathebula-cb2dp]

​@@user-rn9co7jc4t the same party that stole billions of Rands meant for infrastructure

[@lindokuhlezungu2434]

ANC is a Joke for real 🤣

[@williamshaw5388]

Says the white bigot fascist.

[@MichaelHampton-fn5rl]

They're the Aprtheid

[@benbow7]

Not much diversity there.

[@helenpauls1496]

The white SA’s don’t support Nelson Mandela’s party (ANC) They support the Nationalist Party, so wouldn’t be here.

[@mraka4369]

Well it is a Black Country with white settlers. 😂😂

[@erikserum9519]

South Africa is black country lol and atleast they gave whites some homes. They should be grateful 😂

[@lm_b5080]

the minorities tend to vote for the opposition, they govern pretty well in the western cape

[@Blocc187]

It's a black country bro. Viva MK. Viva President Zuma

[@hourbee5535]

They got their freedom and chose anc government for 30 years 😂

[@phoque121]

Rainbow nation in which the rainbow has one colour

[@joecruiser]

Future is black.

[@lm_b5080]

such an iconic image at 1:32 of Ramaphosa holding hands with men on each side that are both severely implicated in corruption

[@graham9794]

It's confirmed!! South African's National IQ test will be written on 29 May.

[@lem0ncat739]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CriticalTheoryIsNonsense]

I do feel sorry for South Africans, they just can't sort themselves out.

[@karengreen7436]

Ag voetsek

[@marchinlee3947]

South Africa has lost jobs because of Rampant corruption in the ANC. I am not naive to think it will change over night but it may be the sign of something better to come.

[@ryanOGab]

That’s the thing about Freedom its a bigger responsibility at a bigger price than it looks, we all want freedom but that’s doesn’t determine if we’ll be any good at it.

[@mitchellfrancis2991]

Not seeing many rainbow colours

[@moniqueolivier7296]

Lord help RSA, these people are blind and living in a different world if they think this party is still fit to rule😱 #NohopeLeft

[@highflyingduck]

Is it even possible to be so misinformed?

[@jacqueslandman8044]

Who is misinformed?

[@nikilandella6136]

A romanticised foreigner's veiw of our country in the video, and the vitriol of those who've lost touch with SA in the comments

[@fionasibisi884]

ANC MUSLIM PARTY DIED

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

Either way they lose

[@jackna9185]

Actually there is no corruption by the ANC. The ANC is taking care of every citizen in South Africa. Nobody is poor. Nobody is hungry. There is no crime in South Africa. Education in South Africa is one of the best in the world. The only thing that the ANC should continue to worry about is the oppression of the Hamas terrorists by the apartheid regime of the Jewish state. Ha

[@danielbutler4351r]

Something about De Klerk. Cant source it.

[@Tan92lfc]

pariah state

[@joecruiser]

SA is going, going.
Down.

[@HENCHMARV]

🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@tonigukguk3412]

Bahasa Indonesia saja 👍

[@molebogengmodise9116]

Our ANC

[@Ripley201]

And we are off. Western interference commence😮

[@user-xz7ox4tx8p]

idiot

[@jacqueslandman8044]

The news is Western interference?

[@tbgsnamela9722]

We youth ae voting for EFF

[@jacqueslandman8044]

EFF will be worse for the country than ANC rule.

[@oupanyama2653]

VIVA ANC ANC ViVA ✊✊✊✊✊

[@joecruiser]

Viva Poverty.
Viva!

[@Wendy_anne]

Yeah they screwed up everything for their own people

[@NwaliP]

Julius malema for president

[@highflyingduck]

...of Zimbabwe maybe

[@dmode1535]

Viva EFF Viva.

[@psylentrage]

So, where's the school that was promised five years ago?