What is at stake in South Africa's election?
By Damian Zane
South Africa is heading for a general election in late May, with some polls suggesting the governing African National Congress (ANC) could get less than 50% of the vote for the first time in 30 years.
Mounting criticism of the party that led the fight against apartheid under the late Nelson Mandela has chipped away at its support, raising the possibility of a coalition government.
On 29 May, nearly 28 million South African registered voters have the chance to elect representatives to the national and provincial parliaments.
It will be the country’s seventh democratic general election.
They have taken place every five years since 1994, when white-minority rule ended and the ANC came to power.
The ANC, now led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, is under growing pressure.
