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South Africa to embark on new political path after ANC loses majority

After 30 years in power, the African National Congress must engage in tricky coalition talks with its rivals

South African political parties are jostling for position in a future coalition government, after the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years with almost all votes counted.

With ballots from more than 99% of voting stations counted on Saturday afternoon, the ANC had just 40.3% of the vote – a collapse of more than 17 percentage points from the 2019 national elections. The pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA) was on 21.7%, while uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), launched only in December by the country’s former president Jacob Zuma, surprised with 14.6%.

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