# What is driving the ANC’s decline? | Inside Story

https://mins.news/en/video/127606

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-11-03 17:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8I4s0Y4-yU

> South Africans vote on Wednesday in the seventh municipal elections since apartheid ended about 30 years ago. The ANC, which helped defeat white minority rule and has dominated politics since, has seen its popularity fall and lost its general-election majority two years ago. Many regard this vote as a true referendum on the party.

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