nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/eb40d1d2b0fa9032 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240618s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/eb40d1d2b0fa9032 doi eng 342 23 Fowkes, James E. Author aut A New Constitutional Order in South Africa - The African National Congress Loses its Thirty-year Majority Fowkes, James E. Verfassungsblog 2024-06-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The dominant party era in democratic South Africa is over. After winning absolute majorities in six consecutive national elections spanning thirty years, on 29 May 2024 the African National Congress (ANC) fell below 50% of the vote for the first time. The ANC remains the largest party. On the evening of 14 June, the National Assembly elected ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term as the country’s president. But South Africa politics, and its constitutionalism, have changed fundamentally. CC BY-SA 4.0 ANC Constitutionalism election South Africa Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/south-africa-election-2024/ raw object