The Nation Newspaper Election: South Africa's ANC loses majority
South Africa’s ruling party, ANC, may have to search for allies to help it form a new government after it lost its three-decade-old absolute majority in a watershed election.
The ANC must now either negotiate a coalition government, or at least persuade other parties to back Ramaphosa’s re-election in parliament to allow him to form a minority government reliant on other parties for support to pass budgets and legislation.“We have been talking with everybody even before the election,” ANC’s deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane said, saying the party’s NEC decision-making body would meet to decide on a course of action after final results are announced.
The party, which governs Western Cape province and has promised a free market agenda at odds with the ANC’s left-wing traditions. She also did not rule out allowing the ANC to attempt to rule alone, telling AFP: “A minority government would be something completely new in South Africa but it is an option amongst others”In third place was former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe on 12.6 per cent; a surprise score for a party founded just months ago as a vehicle for the former ANC chief.
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