People were already lined up outside the polling stations before voting even began on Wednesday, as South Africa held a historic election that could see the ruling African National Congress lose its parliamentary majority after three decades in power.
The ANC is still likely to dominate the 400-member National Assembly, which chooses the president. But national polls predict the ANC won’t win more than 50 percent of the seats. So incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa, a millionaire business magnate, will probably need a coalition.
