‘Racist’ Economic Freedom Fighters ‘Sure’ of Government Role in South Africa 

JOHANNESBURG—South Africa votes on May 29 in an election analysts expect to trigger an era of chaotic coalition politics that will severely limit the ability of the African National Congress (ANC) to set policy going forward, and bring more instability to Africa’s most developed economy. The ANC has basked in almost untrammeled power since its rise to government under Nelson Mandela in 1994 following decades of white minority rule. Its overwhelming majority in parliament allowed it to push through policies such as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) that critics say enriched a black elite but failed to lift millions out of unemployment and poverty....