Christopher Torchia

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South Africa confirms ruling party win after count

South Africa confirms ruling party win after count

Christopher Torchia · May 10, 2014 5:26 pm

Schoolchildren walk past a newspaper placard reporting the election victory of Jacob Zuma's African National Congress (ANC) party, based on preliminary results, as the children leave after making a visit to the former house of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, in the Soweto township of Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, May 9, 2014. Vote-counting in elections in South Africa is almost complete, indicating a comfortable win for the ruling African National Congress but also a strengthening of key opposition rivals that promised change after 20 years of leadership by the party that led the fight against apartheid. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa ruling party headed for win

Christopher Torchia · May 9, 2014 4:54 pm

Early results of South African elections are displayed on electric boards at the Independent Electoral Commission Results Center, in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Results released by the national election commission showed the African National Congress with about 58 percent and the opposition Democratic Alliance with 28.5 percent after about 3.6 million votes had been counted in Wednesday's election. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa ruling party leads in election tally

Christopher Torchia · May 8, 2014 5:01 pm

South Africans queue to cast their votes at sunset at a polling station in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg, South Africa Wednesday, May 7, 2014. South Africans voted Wednesday in elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties seeking to capitalize on discontent with corruption and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa’s voting ends, counting starts

Christopher Torchia · May 7, 2014 7:52 pm

Election workers hand over ballot papers to elderly and disabled South African voters to cast their ballots during early voting for special groups at the Nazareth House old-age home in Johannesburg, South Africa Monday, May 5, 2014. South Africa goes to the polls on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in elections that are likely to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa to vote this week

Christopher Torchia · May 5, 2014 7:40 pm

A South African woman talks on her mobile phone as she walks past a mural depicting the late former South African President Nelson Mandela, in the Soweto township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, May 2, 2014. South African political parties hold final campaign rallies this weekend ahead of elections on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 that are likely to see the ruling African National Congress return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa to vote next week

Christopher Torchia · May 2, 2014 2:42 pm

South African democracy marks 20th anniversary

Christopher Torchia · April 25, 2014 3:41 pm

FILE - In this Friday Nov. 22, 2012 file photo, Miles Lappeman, owner of Finfoot Lake Reserve near Tantanana, South Africa, and his son Marc, right, walk past the carcass of one of eight rhino killed by poachers. South African officials said Tuesday April 22, 2014, that thieves have stolen a stockpile of rhino horns from the offices of a provincial parks agency, dealing a setback to efforts to curb an escalation of rhino poaching in recent years. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Thieves steal rhino horns in South Africa

Christopher Torchia · April 22, 2014 5:43 pm

State prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, questions Oscar Pistorius in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, April 11, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Nieuwenhuizen, Pool)

Combative prosecutor makes mark in Pistorius trial

Christopher Torchia · April 13, 2014 6:11 pm

Honeymoon slaying suspect charged in South Africa

Christopher Torchia · April 8, 2014 3:39 pm

South African judge opens up

South African judge opens up

Christopher Torchia · April 6, 2014 3:04 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, miners are photographed underground during a journalist's tour to the South Deep gold mine south of Johannesburg. Miners work some 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) underground in 12-hour shifts, where safety is a constant concern and everyone depends on everyone else to stick to precautions. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

At South African mine, it’s a long, long way down

Christopher Torchia · April 4, 2014 3:58 pm