South Africa heads for coalition era after IEC declares election results

Official results confirmed Sunday (Jun. 2) that no party won a majority in South Africa’s election as unprecedented coalition talks begin.

58.6% of voters cast a ballot in the parliamentary poll which saw the ANC win a little over 40%.

According to Professor Patrick Bond, a political analyst from the University of Johannesburg, that leaves the center-left ANC with the dilemma of whether or not to form a coalition with the centrist opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.

“A real national executive committee crunch point for both the ANC and the Democratic Alliance….