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South Africa local elections: ANC set for worst result South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) looks to be facing its biggest electoral setback since the end of apartheid, after the partial results of municipal elections. With 85% of the votes in, the ANC trails its main rival, the Democratic Alliance, in the cities of Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The two parties are in a close fight in Johannesburg and Pretoria. But the ANC is still in the lead nationally. Unemployment and corruption scandals surrounding President Jacob Zuma have tarnished the ANC's image. Election results as they happened "The ANC failed to enthuse their voters and give them a credible offer and that is what often happens to parties that have mismanaged the economy, mismanaged the city, but it also says that we are growing as a party," Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane told the BBC. "We've been able to make an offer before South Africans that is compelling." Mr Maimane earlier told 702 radio: "We call this the change election because we felt that it was a referendum on Jacob Zuma as a national figure, but we also had a referendum about the future of South Africa." Final results are expected on Friday. ANC's influence in decline: Milton Nkosi, BBC News, South Africa The municipal election result is probably the biggest wake-up call the governing African National Congress has received since it ushered in democracy in South Africa in 1994. Clearly the ANC still commands huge support across the country but that support is waning. It can no longer take it for granted that the black majority will blindly follow it. Its power and influence is in decline. In-fighting, public squabbles and a host of corruption scandals have been slowly eating away at the reputation of a once glorious movement of the people. The best example is in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality where the ANC is lagging behind in a city (Port Elizabeth) which has a rich history of anti-apartheid struggle. The man poised to be the new mayor is the Democratic Alliance's Athol Trollip, who is white. Twenty-two years after the end of apartheid, black people are now voting on issues and not on race. Mr Trollip, who speaks fluent Xhosa, would not be where he is if the vast majority of black people had not voted for him. The ANC has won more than 60% of the vote at every election since the end of apartheid more than two decades ago. With two-thirds of the votes counted on Thursday, the ANC had 53%, followed by 28% for the Democratic Alliance and 7% for the radical Economic Freedom Fighters. The local elections are being seen as an indication of the mid-term popularity of President Zuma. Correspondents say a poor ANC performance could embolden Mr Zuma's rivals within the party to challenge him. The next general elections are due in 2019 but Mr Zuma cannot stand for a third term as president. South Africa's economy has also been one of the main issues for voters, with growth expected to be zero this year, and unemployment standing at 27%. Protests demanding better housing and amenities have sprung up across South Africa. Mr Zuma has also had to weather a corruption scandal, after being ordered to repay taxpayers' money spent on his private home. Security was tight for the elections and the electoral commission said voting had passed off smoothly.
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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।