25 years after voting Nelson Mandela's party into power, South Africans return to the ballot box.
South Africans go to the polls Wednesday to vote in the sixth general election since the end of white-minority rule.
With a voter turnout of around 70% expected, between 16 million and 20 million South Africans are expected to have their say, choosing between 48 parties. That's nearly double the number of parties that participated in the 1994 elections. The ANC has been the ruling party in South Africa since 1994, and despite being rocked by several scandals and corruption, the party is expected to retain its majority. Party leader and the country's current president, Cyril Ramaphosa, embarked on a concerted effort to clean up governance after ousting his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, who is facing 16 charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering.
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