South Africa: elections, geopolitics, and the African National Congress
- May 2, 2019
- - 5:06 pm
South Africans go to the polls on May 8 to elect a new government, making 2019 South Africa’s sixth general election since the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy in 1994. In all cases, the African National Congress (ANC) was elected with a majority of parliamentary seats. Through a subsequent vote by members of the national assembly, the African National Congress party president has always been elected the country’s president. From Nelson Mandela, elected in 1994, to Thabo Mbeki in 1999 (who was reelected in 2004), to Jacob Zuma in 2009 (reelected in 2014), and lastly to Cyril Ramaphosa in …
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