Partial count puts ruling ANC below 50% in South Africa election

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during general elections in Eshowe, South Africa, May 29, 2024.

Partial results in South Africa's national election put the long-ruling African National Congress party at well below 50% of the vote as counting continued Thursday, and it could be on the brink of losing its majority for the first time since sweeping to power under Nelson Mandela at the end of apartheid in 1994.