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South Africa heads for coalition talks after ANC loses 30-year majority

Boys walk past different parties' election posters in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, on 28 May 2024. © AP - Themba Hadebe

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) is preparing to enter talks with other parties to share power for the first time, after losing its three-decade majority in a watershed election.

With over 99.9 percent of the votes from this week's election counted by Sunday, the ANC had just 40.2 percent – a far cry from the 57.5 percent it won in 2019.

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