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May 2024
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South Africa’s most unpredictable electi...

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It’s being called South Africa’s most significant election in 30 years. After playing a key role in liberation after apartheid could the governing African National Congress lose its majority for the first time?

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This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Sarí el-Khalili, and Chloe K. Li, with Sonia Bhagat, Catherine Nouhan, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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