South Africa set for political shake-up as ANC loses majority • FRANCE 24 English
vote counting is still far from over but to many analysts and newspapers the result of South Africa’s elections is all but sealed for the first time in 30 years the first time since its founding members freed South Africa from the racist aped regime thec is expected to lose its majority the party’s time is not up it got far more votes than any of its Rivals but it will likely need to form a coalition now obviously there are many political parties who are contesting against the particularly the newcomers but it’s not going to cause a major Dent to an extent that thec will be out of power among the main grievances against thec its failure to get millions of people out of poverty high unemployment at 32% corruption scandals and violent crime there are several potential King makers who could covern with the leading party and they are preparing their terms for the first time in 30 years There’s an opportunity for change in South Africa at a government level we are not contesting elections to form coalision we we are contesting to govern and also to introduce new aspect within the Constitutions final results are likely to be known by Sunday after which Parliament has two weeks to choose South Africa’s next president
South Africa’s ruling ANC was on track Friday to score its worst electoral result ever, with the latest tallies showing voters deserted the party in droves and ended its 30-year political dominance. The African National Congress (ANC) is now all but certain to fall below 50 percent of the vote, forcing the party to seek a coalition partner to have enough backing to name a president and form a government.
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ANC lost their vision, after Mandela left.
I was working in South Africa many years ago when the lights first started to go out (Loadshedding), up to that point, seeing they way things were in the country, no one could've told me that the country would end up like this. I simply would not have believed them. But now, looking back to the first few times the lights went out I had an eerie feeling in the pit of my stomach because I'd traveled throughout the continent and saw first hand what failed states looked like and felt like. I was in Johannesburg for the last time in 2020. It's painful to see what's become of this beautiful country.