South Africa's ANC loses its 30-year majority in landmark election

African National Congress Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane, left, arrives with ANC Chairperson Gwede Mantashe at the Independent Electoral Commission National Results Center in Midrand, South Africa, on June 1, 2024. The ANC lost is parliamentary majority.

The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.