Pretoria, 22 April –(ANA)-South Africans are voting in what is expected to be the most competitive general election since the end of apartheid in 1994.
The ruling ANC - led by Jacob Zuma - is expected to win, but it could lose its two-thirds majority in parliament which allows it to change the constitution.
Its rivals include a party which split from the ANC last year and the official opposition Democratic Alliance.
The Independent Electoral Commission says it expects a high turnout.
Some 20,000 polling stations are being used for the more than 23 million registered voters. (ANA)
