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Controversial ANC leader Jacob Zuma will be inaugurated as South Africa's President on Saturday at a high-profile event in Pretoria to be attended by over 30 heads of state and Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
Ruling African National Congress has swept the general elections in South Africa, even as it failed to retain its two-thirds majority in the 400-member parliament, according to the final tally.
South Africa's ruling ANC has won an absolute majority in general polls, with president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma facing huge expectations from the poor in a flailing economy.
South Africa's governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne on Thursday as ballots were counted in the country's latest election.
South Africa's ruling African National Congress took a 62.67 percent lead in early polls results on Thursday that are expected to launch leader Jacob Zuma into the presidency.

