ANC leader and president accepts he will need help of opposition parties to tackle serious problems facing country
President Cyril Ramaphosa arriving at the national executive committee meeting looking at ways to form a new South African government with rival parties on 6 June.President Cyril Ramaphosa arriving at the national executive committee meeting looking at ways to form a new South African government with rival parties on 6 June.
In last week’s general election, the ANC won just over 40% of the vote and 158 seats in South Africa’s National Assembly,As Ramaphosa acknowledged after 10 hours of intensive talks with his party’s senior members at a Johannesburg conference centre, the governing party now needs partners to form a government.
“Such a national dialogue will enhance the pressing task of rebuilding social cohesion in a fractured society, following a particularly toxic and divisive election campaign,” he said.
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