South African election: ANC leads as votes counts

Votes are being counted in South Africa's election, and results declared in some 61% of districts show that ANC has about 56% of the ballot, well ahead of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%;

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(Image: An election official in Durban. Credit@ Getty)