South Africa Headed for Coalition Government After ANC Collapse at the Polls
South Africa’s next government will be a coalition between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and at least one opposition party, which collapsed in Wednesday’s general election after failing to win a majority for the first time. spare resultResults due to be confirmed by Sunday showed the ANC getting less than 42 percent of […]
ANC at a crossroads as South Africa goes to the polls | South Africa
It was meant to be a show of strength: The crowd of 83,000 ANC supporters showed South Africans that, despite the country’s many problems, the ruling party is confident of victory in Wednesday’s crucial election. Instead, as people streamed out of the three-quarters full hall before President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech began, the Siyanqova (“Conquer”) rally […]