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South Africa\u2019s<\/a> ruling party, the ANC has embarked on a search for allies to help it form a new government after shockingly losing its three-decade-old absolute majority in a watershed election.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress had just 40% of the votes after 99 percent of the votes from Wednesday’s election were counted, a precipitous decline from the 57.5 percent it had won in 2019.<\/p>\n

As the ANC has held an absolute majority since 1994, when liberation leader Nelson Mandela led the country out of white-minority rule and into democracy, this is a historic turning point for South Africa.<\/p>\n

The ANC must now either negotiate a coalition government, or at least persuade other parties to back Ramaphosa\u2019s re-election in parliament to allow him to form a minority government reliant on other parties for support to pass budgets and legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been talking with everybody even before the election,\u201d <\/em>ANC\u2019s deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane said, saying the party\u2019s NEC decision-making body would meet to decide on a course of action after final results are announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about ensuring that the stability both in government and stability in our country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read Also: <\/strong>South Africa Urges ICJ To Order Israel To Withdraw From Rafah<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She would not be drawn on whether the party might replace Ramaphosa after the party\u2019s record poor showing, saying: \u201cFor now, it\u2019s not an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

As votes continued to be validated, data from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) showed the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) held second place with 21.71 percent, slightly up on its 20.77 showing in 2019.<\/p>\n

The party, which governs Western Cape province and has promised a free market agenda at odds with the ANC\u2019s left-wing traditions.<\/p>\n

Asked about the chances of a coalition with the ANC, Helen Zille, the DA party chairwoman, said: \u201cNegotiations haven\u2019t started but some channels have been opened, individuals talking to individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also did not rule out allowing the ANC to attempt to rule alone, telling AFP: \u201cA minority government would be something completely new in South Africa but it is an option amongst others\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was not a surge by the DA that cut into the ANC\u2019s vote share.<\/p>\n

In third place was former president Jacob Zuma\u2019s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) on 12.6 percent, a surprise score for a party founded just months ago as a vehicle for the former ANC chief.<\/p>\n

The radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was in fourth with 9.4 percent.<\/p>\n

Malema and Zuma are former ANC members and some observers have suggested that they would be more natural partners for the ruling coalition, a prospect that the DA has branded the \u201cDoomsday Coalition\u201d.<\/p>\n

But other analysts, including author Susan Booysen, said the EFF was perceived as \u201ctoo erratic\u201d and \u201cunpredictable\u201d in its demands.<\/p>\n

And the rift between Ramaphosa and Zuma \u2014 who has long been bitter about the way he was forced out of office in 2018 \u2014 was \u201ctoo far reaching\u201d to mend, she said.<\/p>\n

MK spokesman Nhlamulo Ndhlela seemed to agree.\u00a0\u201cWe will engage with the ANC but not the ANC of Cyril Ramaphosa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Any coalition partner should be willing to amend the constitution to enact radical reforms and grant Zuma, who has been declared ineligible over a contempt of court conviction, a pardon, he said.<\/p>\n

The ANC retains the loyalty of many voters for its leading role in overthrowing white minority rule.<\/p>\n

Its progressive social welfare and black economic empowerment policies are credited by supporters with helping millions of black families out of poverty.<\/p>\n

But over three decades of almost unchallenged rule, its leadership has been implicated in a series of large-scale corruption scandals, while the continent\u2019s most industrialised economy has languished and crime and unemployment figures have hit record highs.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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