The ANC’s control of key positions in the unity government ensures its continued dominance in South Africa despite election setbacks.
Democratic Alliance
An ANC unity government with the DA would win plaudits from the markets but also invite criticism that the party is selling out.
The ANC failure to win a majority of National Assembly seats marks the start of a new, potentially unwieldy era of coalition politics in South Africa.
The African National Congress faces the prospects of failing to secure a majority for the first time since the fall of apartheid.