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

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

The African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.

With more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in Wednesday’s election, well short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela.

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