South Africa heads for coalition talks after ANC loses 30-year majority

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Published on 2024-06-02 12:20:32

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) is preparing to enter talks with other parties to share power for the first time, after losing its three-decade majority in a watershed election.

With over 99.9 percent of the votes from this week’s election counted by Sunday, the ANC had just 40.2 percent – a far cry from the 57.5 percent it won in 2019. 

“The ANC is committed to the formation of a government that reflects the will of the people, that is stable and that is able to govern effectively,” secretary-general Fikile Mbalula told a press conference on Sunday, in the party leadership’s first comments since the outcome became clear.

He…

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