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Going to parliament. thats his daughter. yes, thats his daughter. she will be one of the key people also trying to make sure her fathers vision on the floor is executed as he may have preferred. but we have also seen that he does have an appetite to return to parliament and we heard the spokesperson for mk saying that one of their conditions if ever they were to deal with the anc is there be a pardon forjacob zuma. and if you recall with the constitutional court case they said that the hard dema...

How much of a shock is it for south africans? i think some of this was expected for south africans but what was not expected was the scale of basically the drop of the anc in this election. from the projections, it seems it will be close to 40 but not quite 40 which is a 17% drop from the last election so the scale of drop is something that was so inconceivable in terms of conceptually for many people. but the idea or the reality that the anc was in decline, the writing was on the wall. everybod...

Congress say senior leaders have been meeting to discuss potential plans for a coalition, after the party lost its outright majority for the first time. results from wednesdays election give the anc around a0%. 0ne one of the main reasons they have failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote share failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote share enjoyed failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote share enjoyed by their ...

Has to form new political alliances with parties that they have perhaps been at loggerheads with for many years. how do you think they will manoeuvre all of this? the anc is adept at making compromises and shifting on its core positioning in the name of real politik, so they have made coalitions over the years that have befuddled people who only approach politics from an ideological or principle standpoint so they are able to make deals but some deals are worse than others. and the other key fig...

The uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, tells the bbc its an opportunity that must be seized to bring the conflict in gaza to an end. polls close in india — after nearly six weeks of voting in the countrys general election. almost a billion people were eligible to vote. the uk election campaign ramps up — labour launches a 5,000—mile battle bus tour — and promises to create wealth across the uk. the prime minister rishi sunak is in north east england — pledging millions of pounds in fu...

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Of conceptually for many people. but the idea or the reality that the anc was in decline, the writing was on the wall. everybody who has been living with load shedding and water shedding, and for the international audience, these are water cuts and power cuts, has been frustrated for a long time and the unemployment numbers have crept up a little bit and high cost of living similar what to what were seeing in the uk and all of this really created a negative incentive bubble which there was no re...

The end of apartheid — begins the search for coalition partners. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. one of the main reasons the anc haave failed to secure a majority is the surprising vote share secured by former president jacob zumas newly formed party the mk. despite doing better than almost anyone expected, the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. this report now by the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher. the verdict is...

The uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, tells the bbc its an opportunity that must be seized to bring the conflict in gaza to an end. the uk election campaign ramps up — labour launches a 5,000—mile battle bus tour and promises to create wealth across the uk. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is in north east england — pledging millions of pounds in funding for local towns if the conservatives hold on to power. polls close in india after nearly six weeks of voting in the countrys general el...