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South Africa Votes

Over twenty six millions South Africans registered to vote

Twenty five years since the end of apartheid and the first free and fair elections, millions of South Africans head to the polls to elect fresh members of the National Assembly. Focus on Africa is on the ground reporting from the queues outside the polling stations, as well as talking to those people who decided not to vote. Six million young people did not register to vote. What future for Africa's biggest democracy?

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23 minutes

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Wed 8 May 201915:06GMT

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  • Wed 8 May 201915:06GMT

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