Cyril Ramaphosa, leader of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), took oath as the nation’s president for the next five years on Wednesday. The inauguration ceremony took place in …
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the formation of a broad coalition government as the “beginning of a new era” on Wednesday as he was sworn in for a second …
Steenhuisen said the DA was now preparing to co-govern Africa’s most industrialised economy alongside the ANC, and the coalition deal was in place. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party has been …
Following South Africa’s historic 2024 general election, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has started a process to establish a government of national unity. This, after it lost its parliamentary …
“We have therefore agreed that we will invite political parties to form a government of national unity as the best option to move our country forward,” Ramaphosa said at a …
Philippe Burger, University of the Free State South Africans do not have a deep culture of coalitions. There have been a few coalitions at provincial and municipal levels but most …
The electoral shake-up has pushed Africa’s most-industrialised nation into uncharted territory. After 30 years of dominance since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the milestone 1994 elections that marked …
South Africa announced its final election results on Sunday that confirmed no party won a majority, and unprecedented coalitions talks were starting to find a way forward for Africa’s most …
South Africans angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages have slashed support for the African National Congress (ANC) to 40 per cent in this week’s election, ending three decades of …
The final results are not expected to be known before the weekend. “The broad church of the ANC has taken a substantial knock. This is a shock to the system …