Millions of South Africans Join the Voting Rolls

(22 April 09-RV) South Africans went to the polls today to cast their vote in a general election that is testing the strength of a new opposition party that grew out of the ruling African National Congress. Millions of people joined the voting rolls for the first time, and ANC leader Jakob Zuma has called for the highest possible participation among the citizenry. Linda Bordoni asked Justin Sylvester of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa about the cause of the renewed interest in politics…