South Africa heads for coalition as ANC support plungesSouth African parties geared up for coalition talks on Friday as the governing African National Congress (ANC) looked set to fall well short of a majority for the first time in 30 years of democracy. With results in from 57.3% of polling stations, the ANC had 41.9% of votes, a precipitous drop from the 57.5% it secured in the last national election in 2019. We said for the last 30 years the way to rescue South Africa was to break the ANC majority. Asked if his party was in coalition talks, Steenhuisen said “no”. US836205AR58=TEUS836205AZ74=TE‘Doomsday coalition’Projections by South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research indicated the ANC would get 40.5% when full results are in.

Source: Daily Nation May 31, 2024 21:34 UTC