South Africa’s ANC Party Said to Have Big Lead in Early Results from General Election

The road to South Africa’s presidency appears to be clear for ANC leader Jacob Zuma as early results from Wednesday’s general elections have shown his party to have what many believe to be an insurmountable lead.

Turnout for the election was said to be comparable to the last general election held in 2004 and with about a third of the votes counted the ANC is said to have about 65 percent while its closest rival, the Democratic Alliance, has pulled in just 17 percent.

While the ANC victory appears to be clear they might fall short of the two-thirds majority that would have given them the power to make constitutional amendments. Controlling the country’s parliament will enable the ANC to elect Zuma as South Africa’s newest president.

Zuma has been the subject of controversy for some time as he was facing corruption charges up until two weeks ago when state prosecutors opted to drop the charges. Opposition to Zuma have expressed concern that if the ANC retained a two-thirds majority in parliament then they would change the constitution to prevent new charges being filed. Zuma has denied such a plan.

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