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'Too early': Dejected faces, body language from KZN politicians as Zuma's MKP snowballs competition View Online Good Morning, SA The 2024 general election seems to be delivering on its promise of a potentially explosive outcome. Early projections show that the ANC is on course to lose its outright majority for the first time since 1994 - it is expected to decline to 42.3%, a breathtaking 15-percentage-point decline in support. Worse, it may lose its majority in KwaZulu-Natal to the splinter uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP).  KELLY ANDERSON , AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR PROJECTION | ANC to lose outright majority: A breathtaking 15-percentage-point decline in support The story: The ANC is projected to lose i...

In this week's Friday Briefing, we reflect on the transition the country is about to undergo as results flow from the Electoral Commission of South Africa's Results Operations Centre.   EDITORIAL Elections 2024: Voting for change On Wednesday, as the clock edged towards 21:00 when polls were expected to close, we were greeted with pictures of long, snaking queues of voters still waiting to make their mark. Despite a trying election day, which saw delays at some voting stations, late arrival of ballots and voter management devices glitches, voters turned up in the millions. Forty-nine percent of voting stations were forced to remain open by 23:00 on Wednesday to accommodate everyone still waiting to cast their ballot. In some cases, determined voters stayed put, with some only making their mark in the early hours of Thursday. While pollsters spent weeks mak...