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ANC Beaten In S.Africa's Capital: Electoral Commission

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published August 06, 2016 | 05:01 PM

ANC beaten in S.Africa's capital: electoral commission

JOHANNESBURG,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Augst,2016) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a historic loss in the nation's capital to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in local elections, the electoral commission said Saturday.

In Tshwane, the area that includes Pretoria, DA won 43 percent of the vote over ANC's 41 percent, according to final results in the elections that have underlined the declining popularity of the party that led the anti-apartheid struggle.

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