South Africa is marking the 30th anniversary since its first democratic elections in which all South Africans could vote. But as another election looms and many South Africans are struggling to make ends meet, questions are being raised about how far the country has progressed since the 1994 vote.
Residents of the township of Soweto, South Africa, queue for water Saturday, March 16, 2024. Thousands of South Africans are lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. It's been 30 years since the end of a brutal system of racial discrimination in South Africa known as apartheid.
Analysts and polls say the party once led by Nelson Mandela is waning in popularity and is likely to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in elections that are due to be held in May.
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