S.Africa's ANC claims election victory

Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:12pm BST
 
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JOHANNESBURG, April 24 (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress claimed victory on Friday in a general election that will make party leader Jacob Zuma president.

"The ANC is going to rule this country for the next five years," the party's Treasurer-General Matthews Phosa told thousands of cheering supporters at a victory party in Johannesburg to celebrate a big win in parliamentary elections.

 

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