1/9The country goes to the polls in the fifth democratically held election since the end of apartheid. Seen in this photo, South Africans queue to cast their votes at sunset near a polling station in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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2/9ANC party members check voters before they enter the polling stating in Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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3/9The South African president and leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, casts his vote in Ntolwane, rural KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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4/9A woman, with her thumbnail marked with indelible ink to prove that she has voted at a polling station, picks up her identity book in Eden Park, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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5/9Voters dance and sing in the early hours while holding up their identification documents as they queue to vote at a polling station. The station was burned down overnight in the politically sensitive mining town of Bekkersdal, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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6/9South Africans queue to vote as mounted police provide security near a polling station that was burned down overnight. A tent was erected to replace the station in the politically sensitive mining town of Bekkersdal, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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7/9A mother casts her vote at a polling station in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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8/9Women sit and wait in queue to cast their votes at an informal settlement in Soweto, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
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9/9South African opposition leader Helen Zille, second from left, from the Democratic Alliance, raises her hand during a rally in Rocklands, on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, May 6, 2014.
On Wednesday, May 7, millions of South Africans voted in nationwide elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties. For the first time, the electorate included a so-called "born free" generation, with birthdays after apartheid rule in South Africa ended in April 1994.
