South Africa awaits election results, coalition race begins
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans awaited confirmation on Sunday of a historic election outcome that will dismantle a 30-year African National Congress majority, an announcement that will start the clock on a frenzied race to form a new ruling coalition.
That means it must now share power, likely with a major political rival, in order to keep it - an unprecedented prospect since the end of white minority rule in 1994. Counting from the May 29 poll was almost complete on Sunday morning, with results in from 99.9% of polling stations. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance , had 21.8% of votes in last week's election. uMkhonto we Sizwe , a new party led by former President Jacob Zuma, managed to take 14.6%, doing most of the damage to the ANC.Both the DA and the small Inkatha Freedom Party said their leadership would meet separately on Sunday to discuss their next steps.
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