Tarnished ANC seeks re-election in South Africa

FT World Weekly by Financial Times

May 1, 201912:34News & Politics

The ruling African National Congress is expected to fend off all challenges in South Africa's forthcoming elections - the country's sixth since the end of apartheid. But the party has a severely tarnished legacy amid cor...

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