Johan Yeats, 72, a former sheriff of the court sits in the thrift shop he manages with his wife Annita in Hopetown, on May 25, 2024. South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is losing ground, according to a poll released on Friday, less than a week before the tightest election since the advent of democracy in 1994. The ANC, which has been in power for all of those past three decades, is still projected to emerge from the May 29 general election as the biggest party. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)