(Bloomberg) — Leaders of the African National Congress met to finalize South Africa’s new cabinet, people familiar with the matter said, as investors anxiously await the appointment of ministers almost a month after elections failed to produce an outright winner. Most Read from Bloomberg Top leaders of the party met on Wednesday morning in the […]
The News JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s two biggest parties remain locked in negotiations over the makeup of a cabinet for their landmark coalition government after signs of tension came to the fore. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who leads the African National Congress, and Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen held talks on Monday, their second meeting in […]
The News South Africa’s African National Congress party and its longtime political rival the Democratic Alliance have agreed to form a coalition government. The ANC failed to secure a simple majority in South Africa’s election last month, ending its 30-year majority control of the nation’s parliament following the end of apartheid and forcing it to […]
South Africa once again has a national unity government, 30 years after a similar deal helped stabilise the transition to full democracy from a nation divided by the racist system of apartheid. This time the ruling African National Congress (ANC) was forced to negotiate an agreement after losing its controlling majority in elections. It marks […]
South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has reached a deal with the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) to form a government of national unity, according to local media. This comes after weeks of speculation about who the ANC would partner with after losing its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 […]
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) says it has made progress in efforts to establish a government of national unity after losing its outright majority in recent elections. But the party’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula said the party is not ready yet to announce the details of an agreement. The ANC lost its parliamentary […]
The News JOHANNESBURG – A coalition government that includes most of South Africa’s main parties has emerged as the most popular option for the African National Congress, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa. The ANC’s most senior body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), met on Thursday to consider its options. “This moment calls for multiparty unity, […]
By Kopano Gumbi and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s African National Congress will invite other political parties to form a national unity government, its leader President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, after it lost its majority for the first time in the democratic era. The former liberation movement once led by Nelson Mandela has […]
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has suggested forming a government of national unity after losing its parliamentary majority in last week’s elections. It says it has reached out to all parties but negotiations are still underway. “The results indicate that the South Africans want all parties to work together,” ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri told […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Top officials in South Africa’s African National Congress have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or other agreement to form a government, but no decision has been made and the talks are at an early stage, the ANC said Wednesday. South Africa faced an election deadlock […]
By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African National Congress was holding high-stakes internal talks on Tuesday about which parties it should approach to form South Africa’s next government, with diametrically opposed Marxists and free-marketeers on the menu of options. After 30 years of dominance since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the milestone […]
The News JOHANNESBURG – Leaders of South Africa’s ruling party are locked in intense tasks over who to partner with in a coalition government after losing the parliamentary majority it held for 30 years. Several senior figures in the African National Congress told Semafor Africa the talks were intense with no obvious, easy solutions following […]