The election’s real winner, in third place with nearly 12 percent of the vote, was the new MK Party of former president Jacob Zuma, once an ANC stalwart.
A voter fills out a ballot paper during general elections in Nkandla, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, on May 29. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress took a beating in this week’s elections, and must form a national coalition for the first time since the end of apartheid three decades ago, initial results released Friday showed.local time — more than any of the other 50-some parties competing but significantly short of the 50 percent needed to govern on its own.
— meaning Spear of the Nation — founded last year as a vehicle for former president Jacob Zuma, once an ANC stalwart. The MK party’s strong showing came “from an angle we didn’t really expect,” said Gwede Mantashe, the ANC national chairman, to media Thursday. “That was the biggest surprise of these elections.”
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