ANC ‘Obliterated’ in South Africa Election; ‘Chaotic’ New Era of Coalition Politics Dawns

JOHANNESBURG—“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.”...