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President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South African party leaders to work together in the public interest Sunday, after his ANC lost its 30-year-old governing majority in a bruising general election .

Many voters blame the ANC for the high levels of corruption, crime and unemployment in the country.

South African voters queued -- many of them for hours -- to cast their ballots in a landmark general election that has left the ruling ANC fighting to protect its three-decade-long exclusive grip on power.

Six suspects were arrested for disrupting elections and committing actions that contravened the Electoral Act in the Eastern Cape.

For three decades, power in South Africa has had a three-letter name: the ANC, or the African National Congress.

South Africas opposition parties mounted an 11th-hour assault Sunday on the ruling ANCs 30-year-old grip on power, staging large-scale rallies three days before what promises to be a historic general election .

South Africas ruling African National Congress was betting on its last major stadium rally Saturday ahead of next weeks election to restore its glory and protect its unbeaten streak of post-apartheid victories .

The mining sector wants to take a good look at the effectiveness of the Mining Charter and other industry charters in addressing current challenges.

Surveys show ruling ANC could be forced to partner with radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters.

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