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- Vote count began shortly after polls closed, in some cities long after the planned 9pm (19:00 GMT) Wednesday deadline.
- Final results not expected to be announced before Sunday.
- South Africans voted in national and provincial elections that could test the 30-year rule of the African National Congress (ANC) party.
- If President Cyril Ramaphosa’s party drops below 50 percent for the first time since it came to power in 1994, it will force him to seek coalition partners.