South Africa has just completed its general election, the first in 30 years where the ANC has failed to secure a majority of the votes. Before the voting it was already being billed as the most important election since 1994, precisely because of this possibility then - that has been realised - of the ANC being defeated or failing to secure a majority of the vote.

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column 'Elections 2024 - prospects for the future'.

Read the column here.