South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) party has announced it will seek a national unity government after the historic loss of its absolute majority. South African President and ANC party leader Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters that they agreed to invite political parties to form a government of national unity. According to an ANC spokesperson, it would represent the interests of all voters.
The ANC, the party of former anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela, won 159 of the 400 seats in the parliamentary elections on May 29 and failed to secure an absolute majority for the first time in 30 years. The proposed government of national unity would be a type of coalition government that included all parties that had won seats in the parliament during the election.
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