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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, gesture as Mandela walks free from the Victor Verster Prison in Paarl, Cape Town, South Africa after serving 27 years in prison. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 marks the 30 year anniversary of the release of the former South African president. (AP Photo/Greg English, File)

AP Was There: Nelson Mandela released from jail 30 years ago

By GREG MYRE - Associated Press

An African National Congress party (ANC) supporter gestures at a gathering at the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg , South Africa, Sunday May 12, 2019 to celebrate their party's victory in South Africa's general election. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the rally. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa chief vows to purge ANC of ‘deviant tendencies’

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A young girl carries her dog as she crosses the main road, with headline from a newspaper and election posters on the streets of Soweto, South Africa, Friday, May 10, 2019. The ruling African National Congress is coasting to a comfortable lead in South Africa's presidential and parliamentary elections with 80% of the vote counted, but the ongoing tally shows the party getting less support than in the previous poll five years ago. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s ruling ANC marks weakest election victory

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Mmusi Maimane, leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is greeted by a supporter as he visits the Independent Electoral Commission Results Center in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, May 9, 2019. South Africans voted Wednesday in a national election and preliminary results show that the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) has an early lead in the national elections but has seen its share of the vote drop significantly. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa’s ruling ANC coasting to win in national vote

By ANDREW MELDRUM and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Elderly voters queue to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections, near Durban, South Africa on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment. It is 25 years after the end of apartheid, but despite the demise of the system of racial discrimination the country remains divided by economic inequality. (AP Photo/Mlungisi Mbele)

The Latest: Polls closing in South Africa’s election

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South Africans queue in the early morning cold to cast their votes in the mining settlement of Bekkersdal, west of Johannesburg, in South Africa Wednesday, May 8, 2019. South Africans are voting Wednesday in a national election that pits President Cyril Ramaphosa's ruling African National Congress against top opposition parties Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters, 25 years after the end of apartheid. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa votes with corruption, jobs as big issues

By ANDREW MELDRUM and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this May 4, 2019, photo, a woman makes her way toward Johannesburg suburb of Sandton, background, on a pedestrian bridge that connects it to the black township of Alexandra. Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, the neighboring suburbs are a stark example of how inequality is still on display in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Post-apartheid South Africa is world’s most unequal country

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

An electoral worker walks past polling booths readied ahead of Wednesday's election, at a polling station in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The upcoming elections will take place 25 years after the end of apartheid and are the country's sixth all-race polls. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa to vote amid graft scandals, high unemployment

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, Julius Malema, addresses supporters during an election rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Campaign rallies for South Africa’s upcoming election have reached a climax Sunday with mass rallies by the ruling party and one of its most potent challengers. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s populist party takes aim at ruling ANC

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held his final election rally of the African National Congress on Sunday at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. (Associated Press)

Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, aims to keep ANC in power in elections

By Zaheer Cassim and Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times

Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party arrive for their election rally at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, May 5, 2019, ahead of South Africa's election on May 8. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Corruption hot topic in South Africa’s last election rallies

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2019, photo, Abetse Mashigo, left, and her father Thamsanqa pose for a photograph in their home near Johannesburg. Abetse Mashigo, 24, was born a year after South Africa’s brutal apartheid system was dismantled, yet she still feels frustrated by what she sees as continued economic inequality for its people. Thamsanqa shares many of her beliefs but has a more cautious approach, saying he is still undecided which party will get his vote May 8 to elect a president and parliament. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Young voters eager for change in South Africa’s election

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Democratic Alliance supporters on motorcycles cheer their leader Mmusi Maimane as he arrives at the Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday May 4, 2019, ahead of South Africa's election on May 8. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa sweeps into final election campaign weekend

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his State of the Nation address in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Ramaphosa's speech to parliament comes three months before national elections May 8 that is seen by many as a referendum on his ruling African National Congress. (Rodger Bosch, Pool via AP)

Cyril Ramaphosa fails to tackle South Africa corruption

By Zaheer Cassim and Jabeen Bhatti — Special to The Washington Times

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said three weeks ago, after a two-day ANC meeting, that the country's dominant party will push ahead to amend the constitution to allow for pure expropriation of land. (Associated Press)

South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

South African President Jacob Zuma addresses the nation and press at the government's Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says he will resign 'with immediate effect' (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

EDITORIAL: Ouster in South Africa

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as South African president on Thursday after the resignation Wednesday of Jacob Zuma. (Associated Press)

Cyril Ramaphosa replaces Jacob Zuma as South Africa president

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Secretary General of the African National Congress, (ANC) Ace Magashule, makes a statement at a briefing at the ANC headquarters in downtoan Johannesburg, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Magashule said the scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma must leave office. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s ruling party demands that Jacob Zuma resign

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

South African President Jacob Zuma (left) clings to power with former ally and designated heir apparent Cyril Ramaphosa waiting in the wings to take over the troubled African National Congress. Mr. Ramaphosa won election in ANC to cause the power struggle. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

South Africa’s tale of two presidents a riveting read

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times

The election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president of the African National Congress is seen as a particularly sweet triumph for a small minority long overshadowed by more powerful blocs in post-apartheid South African politics. (Associated Press)

Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC election a win for Venda tribe

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times