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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

ANC leaders propose government of national unity after losing majority in South Africa

ANC headquarters in Johannesburg.
The ANC’s vote was down from 57.5% in 2019 to 40.%. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

An influential committee in the African National Congress (ANC) has recommended the party form a government of national unity, as the group tries to build a coalition after losing its parliamentary majority in South Africa for the first time since it swept to power at the end of apartheid.

The second largest party, the pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA), has ruled out working with the fourth-largest, Marxist-inspired Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). However, some analysts said that the lure of power may end up bringing most of the largest parties together.

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