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from the national tally centre. wonderful. thank you very much indeed. we are seeing the voter turnout as well, 58%. is that the usual type of figure for the elections in south africa? well, it has been up _ elections in south africa? well, it has been up for _ elections in south africa? well, it has been up for debate _ elections in south africa? well, it has been up for debate here - elections in south africa? well, it has been up for debate here in i elections in south africa? well, it i has been up for debate here in south africa because on election day, i am not sure if you remember, there were queues snaking around buildings and streets, hundreds of people queueing up streets, hundreds of people queueing up to vote, specifically in the province of kwazulu—natal. we had people talking about this being an historic election, an historic turnout and it was reminiscent of 1994 when millions of people in this country were able to vote for the first time. the expectation even from the electoral commission at that point that the turnout was going to be higher than the previous election of 66%. but as the votes
fair elections and the government of cyril ramaphosa agrees with the electoral commission and so this will go ahead and we will of course be bringing you much more of that as it unfolds here just outside of johannesburg. it unfolds here “ust outside of johannesburg.— it unfolds here “ust outside of johannesburg. it unfolds here “ust outside of johannesburu. . , ., johannesburg. catherine, “ust on the timescale, johannesburg. catherine, “ust on the timescale. newt johannesburg. catherine, “ust on the timescale, how quickly _ johannesburg. catherine, just on the timescale, how quickly does - johannesburg. catherine, just on the timescale, how quickly does a - timescale, how quickly does a government have to be formed in south africa?— south africa? while, once these announcements _ south africa? while, once these announcements are _ south africa? while, once these announcements are declared - south africa? while, once these announcements are declared as| south africa? while, once these i announcements are declared as we expect them to be any moment now, it sets off a timeframe. there has to be the first sitting of parliament within 14 days, and at first sitting, the president of south africa will be elected by members of parliament, so what we will have here today is also the allocation of seats to different parties which will give us a sense of who will constitute the parliament and unfortunately the anc will not have enough mps in parliament to elect presidents cyril ramaphosa once again as president of south africa
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a political party, but as the president of south africa. this is important at the moment because the people party is contesting these results, especially the former presidentjacob zuma, who has urged the electoral commission not to go on with the declaration this afternoon, he is warning, he says, of trouble, he says he will take the iec to court. in the midst of that, the statement from the president will be really important for south africa today. will be really important for south africa today-— africa today. and it is also going to be really _ africa today. and it is also going to be really important— africa today. and it is also going to be really importantjust - africa today. and it is also going to be really importantjust to - to be really importantjust to understand where this places the anc because as you say, they will need to get into conversations with the other parties, but we know that jacob zuma, the ex—presidentjacob zuma's party did much better—than—expected, and they will not go into talks with president ramaphosa how do you square that circle? w , . circle? exactly. the current president — circle? exactly. the current president and _ circle? exactly. the current president and the - circle? exactly. the current president and the former . circle? exactly. the current - president and the former president are at loggerheads. the former
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its majority, now has to possibly form a coalition government with other opposition parties. now the stage is set here for the electoral commission to announce and declare the results of the national elections as well as provincial elections. but there are underlying tensions in south africa at the moment, and that's because the powerful, influential former president, jacob zuma, has urged the electoral commission not to announce the results today. he says his party and a few others are contesting the results that are shown on the board just behind me. they say they need more time to raise those objections, but it's important to say there hasn't been any clear evidence as to what those objections are. nevertheless, the electoral commission says even though they have those comments there from the former president, they will go ahead to declare these results. and we're also expecting the current president, cyril ramaphosa, to be here, also reacting to these results. of course, those have been terrible results for his party.
he presided over a period of rampant corruption. now he's making a comeback. the anc is still the biggest party, but it needs to find partners to share power. south africa now faces weeks of turbulent coalition talks. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga is injohannesburg with the latest. usually when you have these official results from the electoral commission, people really know what the final declaration is likely to be. we do expect the ruling african national congress party to lose its majority in south africa's parliament. and this really is an historic moment for south africa. after 30 years in power, the ruling anc is about to lose
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the mk party said it would only work with the party if cyril ramaphosa stepped down. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga is injohannesburg with the latest. usually when you have these results, people know what the final declaration will be. do we do expect the ruling african national congress party to lose its majority in the south african parliament and this really is a historic moment for south africa, after 30 years in power, the ruling anc is about to lose its majority, and now has to possibly form a coalition government with other opposition parties. the stage is now set for the electoral commission to announce and declare the results of the national as well as provincial elections. there is underlying tensions in south africa at the moment, and that is because the powerful, influentialformer presidentjacob zuma has urged the electoral commission not to announce the results today. he says his party