ANC loses parliamentary majority in 2024 election
General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh general election held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.
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General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh general election held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP), the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa, was elected by the provincial legislatures on 13 and 14 June after the general election.
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Factrail. (2026). ANC loses parliamentary majority in 2024 election. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/anc-loses-majority-south-africa-election-2024-05
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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