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Al-Ahram Weekly 3 - 9 June 1999 Issue No. 432 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 3 - 9 June 1999 Issue No. 432
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Profile Interview Travel Sports People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters Peaceful vote
WITH South Africans of all races choosing a government for only the second time in their history, more than 18 million registered voters headed to the polling stations yesterday in an election expected to make Deputy President Thabo Mbeki the successor to retiring President Nelson Mandela.
In his last speech on Tuesday Mandela asked South Africans to vote for his ruling African National Congress, but above all to vote peacefully.
Voting was expected to be split along racial lines, with the ANC consolidating its 62 per cent share of the vote in the 1994 elections, AP reported. Early results are expected today. At issue is whether the ANC could win a two-thirds majority that would enable it to accelerate change in a country still suffering from poverty and violence.
None of the opposition parties are expected to win much more than 10 per cent of the vote.
