South Africa’s President won’t resign despite ANC’s first loss of majority

Nelson Mandela’s party has not won a majority at an election since the end apartheid.

After his African National Congress failed to gain a majority in the South African Parliament, President Cyril Ramaphosa urged unity. This marked a new beginning for Africa’s leading economy.

The ANC, led by Nelson Mandela in the past, is the first party to fail to achieve a majority since the end white minority rule at the beginning of the 1990s. It is likely that the ANC will turn to a rival political party for the support needed to form a coalition government.

Ramaphosa stated, “We must respect the choices and wishes of our people. We have heard their voices.” “The South African people expect their leaders to come together and meet their needs.”

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The ANC, which has won 40.2% of votes is still the biggest party. However, the 159 seats that it has secured fall far short of 200 seats required to secure a majority of 400 members in the National Assembly. It had 230 members in the previous parliament.

The Democratic Alliance led by whites, which is the main opposition party, received 21.8 percent of support. The new left-wing party uMkhonto we Sizwe, which is backed and endorsed by former president Jacob Zuma, was third with 14.6%.