JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has lost its outright majority for the first time in a devastating blow for the party once led by Nelson Mandela. The ANC has dominated South African politics since winning in the first post-apartheid elections 30 years ago.

The ANC was braced for a disappointing outcome, predicted by polls before Wednesday’s elections, but the final results are even more sobering. It won 40 percent of the vote, falling from 57% in 2019.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    In British English, “an historic” had a solid lead for a long time, with “a historic” pulling ahead in 1986, and “a historic” now being significantly much more-common as well.

    Well that explains why my British father with a doctorate in English drilled using “an historic” into me.