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South Africa Government Formed After Tough Coalition Deal With Opposition

June 30, 2024 admin

Johannesburg: South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new government on Sunday with the opposition receiving 12 out of 32 portfolios following tough coalition negotiations after the ruling ANC lost its outright parliamentary majority. The African National Congress, which has governed the country since the advent of democracy in 1994, retained 20 out of 32…

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South Africa’s ANC to start coalition talks after bruising vote

June 2, 2024 admin

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on June 2 that it would enter talks with other parties to form a new government, after losing its three-decade-old absolute majority in a watershed election. With 99.91% of the votes from Wednesday’s election counted, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress had only 40.2%, a catastrophic slump…

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South Africa heading for ‘coalition country’ as partial election results have the ANC below 50%

May 31, 2024 admin

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa casts his vote during the South African elections in Soweto, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time on Friday as partial election results put the ruling African National Congress well…

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Early results in South Africa’s election show ANC losing majority

May 30, 2024 admin

A child plays with her teddy bear as people cast their votes at a polling station on the Cape Flats during South African elections in Cape Town, South Africa, May 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial…

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African National Congress, a party in decline

May 25, 2024 admin

Even as elections in India are drawing to a close, the citizens of yet another BRICS country and emerging economy are going to the polls on May 29. The largest country in GDP (nominal) terms in Africa, South Africa has been ruled for three decades by the party that was most associated with the anti-Apartheid…

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Water cuts add to people’s frustration as South Africa prepares for general polls

March 14, 2024 admin

Residents of the Blairgowrie neighbourhood of Johannesburg, South Africa, demonstrate against the lack of water on March 12. | Photo Credit: AP Anger is mounting in some Johannesburg districts left without water for more than a week, fewer than three months before general elections marked by voter discontent with South Africa’s failing infrastructure. With power…

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