South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa will not step down despite his party losing its majority, the African National Congress (ANC) has said.
South Africa 's president Cyril Ramaphosa will not step down despite his party losing its majority, the African National Congress has said.around 40% of the vote in Wednesday's electionThe ANC is still the biggest party, but will now need to hold coalition talks before it can form a government.
Mr Mbalula said the ANC was open to talks with every other political party in an effort to form a government, but “no political party will dictate terms to us, the ANC". He said the ANC was committed to forming a government that reflects the will of the people and is stable.
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