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African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) member and police minister Bheki Cele. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
2024 SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS

High-ranking ANC ministers lose seats as MK party rises in South African elections

There will be no return to parliament for Bheki Cele and Thulas Nxesi on the slimmer ANC list

  • Mandisa Makgakga
  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
Gwede Mantashe and Cyril Ramaphosa at the 112th ANC anniversary rally in Mbombela on January 13, 2024. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
ANC ELECTION RESULTS

Political freeze: South Africa’s election aftermath is colder than ever

It’s -71 in the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read