Written by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura | From Reuters UK

South African President Jacob Zuma has set May 7 as the date for general elections in which his ruling African National Congress is likely to easily extend its two-decades rule.

“The electoral term of the present government will come to an end on the 22nd of April. The time has come for us to work together again, to prepare for the fifth national general elections,” Zuma said in a statement.

The ANC is expected to win the vote with a comfortable majority, although anger is mounting against the movement which spearheaded the fight against apartheid but now faces charges of failing to lift millions of blacks out of grinding poverty.

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