Final South African vote gives ANC win, but not 2/3 majority in parliament

PRETORIA, South Africa — The leader of South Africa’s long-dominant ANC was treated like a president-elect Saturday after his party swept parliamentary elections — though not with the two-thirds majority it won easily in the last vote.

Final results from South African vote give ANC win, but short of two-thirds majority

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa’s long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not get the two-thirds of the vote it won with ease in the last elections, according to the final tally released Saturday. The victory puts party leader Jacob Zuma in line for the presidency.

Tally near complete, South Africa’s ANC wins voter majority, but may fall short of 2/3 mark

PRETORIA, South Africa — Near-complete results from South Africa’s elections put the long-governing party in the lead, but just short of the two-thirds majority mark it easily crossed in the last election. The tally set the stage for Jacob Zuma’s rise to the presidency, having overcome sex and corruption scandals.

South Africa’s ANC wins voter majority, parliament expected to elect Jacob Zuma president

PRETORIA, South Africa — South African elections results released Saturday show the African National Congress might have fallen short of winning its cherished two-thirds parliamentary majority. But the tally affirmed the ruling party’s overall victory and set the stage for the controversial Jacob Zuma rise to the presidency.

ANC’s opposition wins key S. African province because of hostility from mixed-race voters

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress neared its cherished two-thirds majority nationwide but lost power in the country’s richest province Friday because of hostility from mixed-race voters.

Jacob Zuma’s supporters celebrate as South Africa’s ruling party sees huge election lead

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa’s long-dominant governing party had a commanding lead across the country Friday as vote counting neared completion, closing in on its goal of winning at least a two-thirds majority of parliament.

Jacob Zuma’s supporters celebrate as South Africa’s ruling party leads in elections

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the country’s latest election. ANC chief Jacob Zuma said he was only thanking campaign workers — but the celebration left little doubt about his ascension to the presidency.

Jacob Zuma’s supporters celebrate as South African governing party leads in elections

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa’s long-dominant governing party was racing against itself Friday, leaving its opponents far behind and closing in on its goal of doing as well or better than in the last elections. The African National Congress swept the first post-apartheid election in 1994 and the two following that. In 2004, it took 69.69 percent of the parliamentary vote. If the ANC fails to at least match that this year, it will be seen as a message from voters that they want to see some limits on the party.

Jacob Zuma prepares for power as South African ruling party leads in elections

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa’s governing party led in preliminary results Thursday from a parliamentary election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency in a remarkable feat for a man once embroiled in sex and corruption scandals.

South Africa holds elections, Jacob Zuma and ruling African National Congress expect huge win

JOHANNESBURG — Lines of South African voters snaked around dusty fields, up misty hills and around gritty urban neighborhoods Wednesday, all for an election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to power despite sex and corruption scandals that would have buried a less wily populist.

South Africa holds elections, Jacob Zuma and ruling African National Congress expect huge win

JOHANNESBURG — Voters lined up before sunrise Wednesday in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa’s first multiracial vote in 1994, and that was expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency after he survived corruption and sex scandals.

Zuma looks ahead as his party expects overwhelming victory in South Africa election

JOHANNESBURG — The man widely expected to be South Africa’s next president is looking beyond Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, eager to set up a new government that he says will be responsive to the black majority’s hopes for better lives.

Zuma looks ahead as his party expects overwhelming victory in South Africa election

JOHANNESBURG — The man widely expected to be South Africa’s next president is looking beyond Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, eager to set up a new government that he says will be responsive to the black majority’s hopes for better lives.

Zuma, one-time goat herder, set to become South Africa’s president after overcoming scandals

KWANXAMALALA, South Africa — One-time goat herder Jacob Zuma is poised to lead Africa’s strongest economic power after elections Wednesday — a victor of the fight against white rule, an unabashed polygamist, and a survivor of sex and corruption scandals that threatened his political career.