South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that his African National Congress (ANC) would seek to form a government of national unity after failing to win an outright majority in last week's general election.
South Africa n President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that his Africa n National Congress would seek to form a government of national unity after failing to win an outright majority in last week's general election.
"We have therefore agreed that we will invite political parties to form a government of national unity as the best option to move our country forward," Mr Ramaphosa said at a press conference late in the evening after the marathon ANC talks. "I cannot... see how it can really work," analyst and author Susan Booysen told AFP before the official announcement."There is just so much bad blood and ill feeling between different political parties."Ramaphosa noted that the ANC had"ideological and political differences" with other parties but said South Africans expected politicians to overcome them and"find common ground" to"work together for the good of everyone".
Mr Zuma, a former ANC chief, has long been bitter about the way he was ousted by his own party under a cloud of corruption allegations in 2018. "They want to take key ministries and once they have them they will reverse the progressive policies," Panuel Maduna, a protesting ANC member, said of the DA.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
The Irish Times view on the South African election: uncomfortable choices lie ahead for the ANCThe party has lost its 30-year absolute majority and must now enter difficult coalition talks
Read more »
South Africa election results due today, as ruling ANC loses majorityAfrican National Congress has 40.2 per cent of the vote, while former president Jacob Zuma’s new party garnered 14.9 per cent
Read more »
South Africa heads for coalition as ANC loses supportBiggest surprise is how well the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has done at the ANC’s expense
Read more »
South Africa heads for coalition as ANC set for big fallSouth African political parties geared up for coalition talks as the governing ANC looked set to fall well short of a majority in this week's election, the first time this has happened in 30 years of democracy.
Read more »
ANC on less than 42% in early South Africa resultsPartial results from South Africa's national election showed that the governing ANC had won 41.77% of the vote, in line with expectations that it would lose its parliamentary majority.
Read more »
The ANC has won six South African elections since 1994 but its winning streak may be overSouth Africa’s 33% unemployment rate disproportionally affects the ANC’s black voter base
Read more »