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South Africa's ANC seeks to reverse sliding support in tough election

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during the South Africa'sÊparliamentary and provincial elections, in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8, 2019. [Reuters]

The African National Congress faces its toughest electoral test on Wednesday, seeking to reverse a slide in support from voters frustrated by rampant graft and racial inequalities a generation after it won power in South Africa’s first all-race poll.

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