Analysis/Opinion

Voters stand in line to cast their ballots at a polling station during the general election in the Diepsloot township outside Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. While opinion polls point to the ruling African National Congress extending its quarter-century monopoly on power in Wednesdays vote, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa needs a decisive win to quell opposition in his faction-riven party to push through reforms needed to spur growth in Africas most-industrialized economy. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images