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South Africans are voting on Wednesday to elect a new parliament, in what could be a pivotal election. The elections are seen as the most significant since freedom fighter and later president Nelson Mandela led the country to democracy in 1994. The African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled South Africa continuously since the end of apartheid, is in danger of losing its absolute majority for the first time since then. Opinion polls suggest the ANC will fall below 50% and will have to form a coalition. President Cyril Ramaphosa voted in Soweto, a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg….

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