especially in the economic heartland of the country. the provinces they lose. although this is the issue that should prevail, we are not guaranteed how the negotiations would take place and whether or not there would have to be certain levels, issues of compromise, and how that would happen. the markets seem to see this, and people seem to see this, and people seem to see this as the most likely rational scenario, this as the most likely rationalscenario, but this as the most likely rational scenario, but then or because you have the other side, where there may be individuals on both sides of the divide, in both parties, who may be much more rigid about this kind of coalition. how long do you think this is likely to take to get the coalition up and running? it s not happened for 30 years. absolutely, technically the anc say they want to start finalising the results. there have been a few disputes overnight. to address those disputes and then basically