ANC on course to lose majority in South Africa's seismic election

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows people queue at the Hospital Hill township to vote during the South African elections, in Johannesburg, South Africa May 29, 2024. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee/File Photo

MIDRAND, South Africa (Reuters) -The African National Congress looked set to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial election results on Thursday showed, as voters punished the former liberation movement for years of decline in South Africa.

While the party of the late Nelson Mandela looked likely to remain the largest political force, such an outcome would push it into a coalition with other parties for the first time in the country's post-apartheid history.