SOUTH AFRICANS voted today at schools, community centres, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years. 

At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress (ANC), which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white minority rule in 1994. 

After casting his vote, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he had no doubt that the ANC would win with a majority and remain in government.