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South Africa local elections: ANC loses power in Johannesburg for first time South Africa's governing ANC party has lost control of the country's largest city and economic centre, Johannesburg. The city council elected as mayor Herman Mashaba from the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). The ANC had run the city since the fall of apartheid more than 20 years ago. It lost its council majority in local elections, although it is still the largest party. The party has also lost control of the capital Pretoria and Cape Town. Testing times for South Africa's ANC It follows local elections earlier this month that produced no outright winner in most districts, resulting in hung municipalities and forcing parties to form coalitions to govern. Of the country's six biggest cities, the ANC only won an outright majority in Durban, seen as a stronghold for South African President Jacob Zuma. There was drama at Monday's Johannesburg council meeting, which lasted 11 hours. A scuffle broke out between opposition party members and electoral commission officials and an ANC councillor who was sworn in earlier in the day collapsed and died shortly after Mr Mashaba was elected. The ANC had won 44.5% of the vote, more than the DA's 38.4%. But the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) with 11% found itself in the position of kingmaker and refused to give its votes to the ANC. Analysis: Milton Nkosi, BBC Africa, Johannesburg The election of the Democratic Alliance's Herman Mashaba as mayor of Johannesburg represents a tectonic shift in South African politics. This is the first time since the end of apartheid that the ANC lost control of the city of gold, as Johannesburg is known locally. The Johannesburg wing of the ANC is known within the party to be professional and not corrupt. However, voters still punished it for the litany of corruption scandals the ANC has been involved in at a national level. And there were some local problems, including potholed roads, a shambolic electricity billing system and refuse strikes that left the city filthy. What has happened in Johannesburg is a microcosm of what could happen nationally come the general election in 2019. Mr Mashaba, a 56-year-old businessman, has promised to reform the city administration. "As of this evening, corruption is declared public enemy number one in this city," he told cheering supporters. "Public monies that have been misspent, misused, over the last five, 10 years or so ... we're going to take this money, we're going to look after it, so that we can provide basic services to our people." Mr Mashaba also pledged to tackle unemployment. "Over 800,000 of our residents, one-in-three, are today unemployed. We need to address this and we need to address this as a matter of urgency."
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दक्षिण अफ्रिकामा सत्तारुढ दल पराजित दक्षिण अफ्रिकाको स्थानिय चुनावमा सत्तारुढ आफ्रिकी नेशनल कंग्रेस एएनसीले हालसम्मकै नराम्रो हार भोगेको छ। रंगभेदी शासन अन्त्य भएपछि अल्पसंख्यक गोरा समुदायलाई विस्थापित गर्दै शक्तिमा आएको उक्त पार्टीको यो अहिलेसम्मकै खराब चुनावी परिणाम हो। एएनसी देशको सबैभन्दा ठूलो शहर जहानेशवर्गमा आफ्नो पकड कायम राख्न सफल भयो। तर राजधानी प्रिटोरिया र पोर्ट एलिजावेथमा उसलाई विपक्षी डेमोक्रेटिक एलायन्सले पछि पारेको छ। प्रयास दक्षिण अफ्रिकाका राष्ट्रपति जेकोब जुमाले पार्टीको पराजयपछि पनि आफु बलियै रहेको देखाउने प्रयास गरेका छन्। उनले भने, “दक्षिण अफ्रिकीहरुको जनमत र सत्ता हस्तान्तरणबारेको निर्णयका कारण हामी संधैँ गौरवान्वित छौँ। मतपेटिका मार्फत यो शान्तिपूर्ण रुपमा भइरहेको छ। हाम्रो प्रजातन्त्र परिपक्व बनिरहेका छौँ।” सन् १९९४ मा प्रजातन्त्र आएपछि उक्त दलले पहिलो पटक राजधानी प्रिटोरियामा पराजय व्यहोरेको छ। स्थानिय तहको चुनावको परिणाम एएनसीको लागि एउटा ठूलो सच्चिने मौका भएको टिप्पणीहरु आएका छन्। दक्षिण अफ्रिकाका नेता नेल्सन मण्डेलासँगै २० वर्ष जेलमा विताएका एएनसीका वरिष्ठ नेता डेनिस गोल्डमेनले पार्टीले आफ्नै कारण चुनावमा पराजित भएको बताएका छन्। उनले भने “एएनसीले संघर्षका क्रममा र सन् १९९४ को स्वतन्त्रतापछिको एक दशकसम्म कायम राखेको आफ्नो नैतिक धरातल गुमाएको छ। भ्रष्ट्राचार, कृपावाद, अनि आफुले प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने जनतालाई सेवा दिनुभन्दा आफैंलाई धनी बनाउने प्रवृत्ति पार्टि भित्र बढेको छ।” मुद्दा अहिले पनि उक्त दलका देश भर ठूलो संख्यामा समर्थकहरु छन्। तर त्यो विस्तारै कमजोर हुँदै गएको छ। एएनसीले संघर्षका क्रममा र सन् १९९४ को स्वतन्त्रतापछिको एक दशकसम्म कायम राखेको आफ्नो नैतिक धरातल गुमाएको छ बहुसंख्यक अश्वेतहरुले अन्धभक्त भएर आफुलाई भोट हाल्ने अवस्था नरहेको एएनसीले आत्मसात गर्नुपर्ने अवस्था देखिएको दक्षिण अफ्रिकामा रहेका एक जना बीबीसी संवाददाता बताउँछन्। सबैभन्दा राम्रो उदाहरण रंगभेदी शासन विरुद्धको गौरवपूर्ण संघर्षको इतिहास भएको नेल्शन मण्डेला बे नगरपालिकाको चुनावी परिणाम हो, जहाँ विपक्षी डेमोक्रेटिक एलायन्सका उम्मेदवारले जित हात पारेका छन्। त्यहाँका नयाँ नगरप्रमुख गोरा जातिका छन्। रंगभेदी शासन अन्त्य भएको २० वर्षपछि दक्षिण अफ्रिकामा अश्वेत मानिसहरुले जात नभई यसपटक मुद्दाका आधारमा मतदान गरेको पाइएको छ।