Ruling Party ‘Obliterated’ in South Africa Election

“South Africa’s a new country today, but I’m really afraid of that. We don’t know what that looks like,” said Pieter Fourie, a middle-aged, middle-class man walking his shaggy Alsatian through autumn leaves on a street in Melville, Johannesburg. His younger companion, Sally Kruger, sighed. “For many years we prayed to get rid of the ANC (African National Congress). We watched as it destroyed our beautiful country,” she said, gesturing toward a gaping pothole filled with muddy water. “But now that the ANC’s fallen so badly, so fast, in such a shocking way, I’m finding it hard to find a reason to celebrate.”...