South Africa’s governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the country’s latest election. ANC chief Jacob Zuma said he was only thanking campaign workers _ but the celebration left little dou

Jacob Zuma’s supporters danced and sang in the streets Thursday in celebration as partial results from South Africa’s parliamentary elections showed him in line to become the country’s next president.

South Africa’s president said Wednesday that the prime minister of neighboring Lesotho was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt.

South Africa’s president says the prime minister of neighboring Lesotho has survived an assassination attempt.

Quotes from voters Wednesday as South Africans hold parliamentary elections, the fourth multiracial vote since apartheid ended in 1994.

South Africans lined up before sunrise Wednesday to vote in an election energized by the hugely popular Jacob Zuma, who has overcome scandals and helped generate an excitement not seen since South Africa’s first multiracial vote in 1994.

Voters lined up before sunrise Wednesday in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa’s first multiracial vote in 1994, and that was expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency after he survived corruption and sex scanda

Facts and figures on Wednesday’s South African parliamentary elections, the fourth multiracial vote since apartheid ended in 1994.

Events in the life of Jacob Zuma, the ANC leader expected to become South Africa’s next president following Wednesday’s parliamentary vote.

For all the talk of crime, jobs or AIDS, South Africa’s parliamentary vote Wednesday is all about Jacob Zuma, who has survived corruption and sex scandals to emerge as one of the country’s most popular leaders ever.