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South Africa goes to the polls Wednesday in an election billed as the most important since Nelson Mandela led his nation to overthrow apartheid 15 years ago. How so, when the result - a landslide for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the election of its leader Jacob Zuma to the presidency - is barely in doubt? Here's TIME's quick question-and-answer guide to South Africa's general election: (Read "Why South Africa's Over The Rainbow...
Second, Jacob Zuma will be a controversial inheritor of Mandela's legacy. He faced charges of corruption for years in a case that was dropped in early April but may yet be revived. He was also once accused of rape, though acquitted after a high-profile court case. And whereas Mandela urged high-minded reconciliation and forgiveness in power, Zuma's appeal is populist and his supporters are regularly accused of inciting animosity or interfering in the institutions of state for their own political purposes. This all fits the pattern of a party whose moral authority has rapidly declined...
...portrays himself as an outsider, capitalized on that discontent to depose the previous leadership of the ANC and former President Thabo Mbeki. But not everyone is convinced. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for one, says he will not vote ANC this time around, saying it has betrayed the hope of the Mandela years...
...outlook for South Africa that bleak? It depends on your time frame. Zuma's checkered career, the behavior of his supporters and the contrast to the iconic Mandela inevitably reflect poorly on him and his party. His victory in deposing Mbeki was first and foremost an internal factional victory and, outside that ANC constituency, his election will not be viewed so positively, either for South Africa or all Africa...
...from the heart," says producer Raleigh. The truth is that no country is ever as simple as black and white, let alone one with South Africa's unrivalled ethnic mix and bloody history. When Tsotsi won its best foreign film Oscar in 2006, the cast and crew went to Mandela's house for a celebration. "After he congratulated us, he told us: 'We should be very careful of our South African stories,' " says Kenneth Nkosi, who played Tsotsi's friend Aap. "'Do not tell our stories in the wrong way. Remember that there is no one in the world...