South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is faced with a tricky dilemma which will determine the future of the country after it spectacularly lost its parliamentary majority in last week’s election. Having won only 40% of the vote, the ANC needs to find a coalition partner to secure a majority in parliament which will […]
Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa’s African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa’s most advanced economy, after it lost its 30-year majority, a top party official said on Sunday. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the party was open to all negotiations, even […]
South Africa’s African National Congress will not consider any demands from possible coalition partners that President Cyril Ramaphosa step down, a top official said on Sunday, as the party attempted to present a united front after a stinging election result ended its 30-year majority. As South Africa heads for a series of complex talks to […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress party will not consider any demands from possible coalition partners that President Cyril Ramaphosa step down, a top official said Sunday, as the ANC attempted to present a united front after a stinging election result ended its 30-year majority. As South Africa heads for […]
The News South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time, leading to what is likely to be a fortnight of uncertainty and tense negotiations with rival parties to form a coalition government. It marks the biggest shift in the way the country is governed since it came to […]
The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result on Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With nearly 99 per cent of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC […]
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid on Saturday, as voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed the African National Congress’s (ANC) share of the vote to 40%. A dramatically weakened mandate for the legacy party of […]
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its absolute majority for the first time in three decades, the country’s electoral commission announced on Saturday following this week’s parliamentary polls. With 97.51% of the votes counted, the ANC stood at 40.11% on Saturday morning, the IEC electoral commission said. The preliminary partial result […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress was on the brink of losing its parliamentary majority for the first time Saturday after an election that brought a stunning drop in support for the party that led its country out of apartheid under Nelson Mandela. Results were not yet final but with more than […]
A coalition government is likely in South Africa for the first time in the country’s history following parliamentary elections. With 80% of ballots counted, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party had 41.37% of the total vote on Friday evening, according to the National Electoral Commission (IEC). The preliminary results indicate huge losses for the […]
With most of the results now in from South Africa’s election, the long-ruling African National Congress (ANC), will have to contend with sharing power after a historic loss of its parliamentary majority. Counting in over 80% of voting districts is complete and the ANC’s share of the vote currently stands at 41%. Trailing behind are […]
(Bloomberg) — Just hours after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confidently predicted that the ruling party would easily retain its three-decade stranglehold on politics, it was increasingly clear that voters had other ideas — sending the country into uncharted terrain. Most Read from Bloomberg The latest results from Wednesday’s election show the African National Congress […]