A week after his party, the African National Congress, failed to win majority seats in South Africa\u2019s national election, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would form a government of national unity with opposition parties.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe invite political parties to form a government of national unity as the best option to move our country forward,\u201d Mr Ramaphosa said in a live broadcast on Thursday night. \u201cThis moment calls for the broadest unity of the people of South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA Government of National Unity is the most viable, most effective, and most powerful way of meeting the expectations of all South Africans at this moment,\u201d said a tweet from the live broadcast shared on X by Mr Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n
Since 1994, the ANC, a party popular for its active involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle under Nelson Mandela\u2019s leadership, has won majority seats and solely formed government in every election circle.<\/p>\n
However, the ANC\u2019s failure to win majority seats in the national election held last Wednesday is compelling the party to form a government with opposition parties, as Mr Ramaphosa announced.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s election was adjudged to be South Africa\u2019s most competitive, featuring 70 political parties and 28 million registered voters.<\/p>\n
Mr Ramaphosa\u2019s ANC polled 40.21 per cent of the votes cast, a huge decline from the 57 per cent it polled in 2019.\u00a0John Steenhuisn\u2019s Democratic Alliance came second in the election, polling\u00a0 22 per cent of the votes cast.<\/p>\n
Newly formed former President Jacob Zuma\u2019s uMkhonto we Sizwe polled 15 per cent of the vote, displacing radical Julius Malema\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighter party, which polled nine per cent.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the election, Mr Malema agreed his party, EFF, would work with the ANC.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there is one party we can work with, it\u2019s the ANC because when the ANC is comprised, they are not arrogant. You can work with them,\u201d Mr Malema said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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