Story by Oleen Ndori, Foreign Desk Editor
SOUTH Africa’s National Assembly will go into a coalition after no party garnered 50 percent of the votes cast in the May 29 general elections.
The country’s electoral commission this Sunday evening announced how the seats will be distributed in the 400-member National Assembly.
The African National Congress won 159 seats, Democratic Alliance 87 seats, while the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party won 58 seats of the National Assembly.
39 seats were won by the Economic Freedom Fighters Party, while the IFP has 17 seats in Parliament.
The remainder of the seats went to smaller parties.
Chairperson of the electoral commission, Mosotho Moepya said the results were reflective of the will of the people, while President Cyril Ramaphosa applauded the people of South Africa for holding a credible and peaceful poll.
Political parties now have two weeks to work out a deal before a new parliament sits to choose a president, who will likely still emerge from the ANC as the dominant winner in the elections.
