How did the African National Congress party lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves the National Results Operations Cent er following the formal announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections in Johannesburg on June 2.
police killing of 34 striking miners, with leaked e-mails later suggesting that Mr. Ramaphosa had called for intervention against the “criminal acts,” So can the ANC forge a stable coalition government? South Africa’s proportional electoral system is conducive to multiparty government. But hegemonic parties are not used to sharing power and striking real compromises, and stark policy disagreements separate the main parties.
The ANC could also muster a broad ruling coalition to check possible vetoes, akin to the national unity government that formed in 1994.
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