Ramaphosa after the disaster election: The people have spoken

South Africa's ruling party ANC will initiate talks with other parties to form a new government, after the party lost its 30-year parliamentary majority.

» Updated: July 16 2024

» Published: June 02 2024

Ramaphosa after the disaster election: The people have spoken
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Africa's ruling party ANC will initiate talks with other parties to form a new government, after the party lost its 30-year parliamentary majority.

The ANC, led by President, gets only 159 of the 400 parliamentary seats, after collecting 40% in the election. This means a big drop compared to the 2019 election, when the party got 57.5%.

The largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), gets 22% of the votes and 87 seats in parliament. The former President Jacob Zuma's new party MK comes in third with 14.6% and 58 seats.

The party must either negotiate a coalition government or at least convince others to support Ramaphosa's re-election in parliament to enable him to create a minority government.

According to Mbalula, ANC will hold discussions internally within the party and with other groups over the coming days.

John Steenhuisen, leader of DA, has said he is ready to negotiate a coalition government with ANC and other parties to prevent the country from being ruled again by Zuma.

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