Economics
ANC Gets Slim Victory in South Africa's Economic Hub Gauteng
- Party wins 50.2% of vote in Gauteng, country’s richest region
- ANC lost control of key cities in 2016 municipal vote
Electronic screens display the national vote count results at the Independent Electoral Commission national results center in Pretoria, on May 10,.
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South Africa’s ruling party secured an outright majority in the nation’s richest province Gauteng by a razor-thin margin in May 8 elections, extending its control of the economic hub even as opposition parties manage its biggest cities.
The African National Congress won 50.2% support in Gauteng, giving it command of eight of the country’s nine provinces as well as the national parliament. The Democratic Alliance kept control of the Western Cape.