PRETORIA ¨C The African National Congress easily won South Africa¡¯s general election Saturday, but its share of the vote fell, reflecting anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power.
It was the worst electoral performance by the late Nelson Mandela¡¯s former liberation movement, which has governed South Africa since the country¡¯s first free election marked the end of white minority rule in 1994.
The ANC had not previously won less than 60 percent of the vote in a national poll.
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