South African opposition party makes final pitch to voters

Supporters of the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party attend a final election rally, in Benoni, South Africa (Themba Hadebe/AP)

South Africa’s main opposition party Democratic Alliance made its final appeal to South Africans to help it unseat the ruling African National Congress as it concluded its campaign ahead of elections this week.

The Democratic Alliance is the biggest opposition party in South Africa and has gathered some smaller opposition parties to form a pact known as the Multi-Party Charter for South Africa, which will see a group of political parties combine their votes to challenge the ruling ANC after the elections.