The African National Congress, ANC has secured majority votes in the recent South African Elections.
This was the first election held since the death of their iconic leader Nelson Mandela in December last year.
The
ANC acquired only 62.15 per cent of the votes, the lowest ever since
independence, they had 62.65 per cent (1994), 66.35 per cent (1999),
69.69 per cent (2004), 65.9 per (2009).
The foremost opposition, the centrist Democratic Alliance, DA acquired only 22% , a 5% increase from its last outing in 2009.
However
now ANC faces a unique problem, as they did not get the two-thirds
majority it requires in parliament to push its legislations, They now
have to form and depend on alliances.
Julius Malema led leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters came in third with only 5.51%.
This is South Africa's third election since Apartheid and voter turnout was an impressive 73%.
Nelson Mandela had led ANC during his fight against Apartheid and since 1994 they have dominated the South African elections.
Jabulani
Radebe, revealed the numbers where not suprising, he said: "I am not
surprised because even though people have criticised President Zuma, we
as members separate the leaders from the party. It means that even if
Zuma is gone tomorrow, it shows the ANC is still strong and will go on,"
he said.
"It seems the opposition spent a lot of time attacking
the ANC rather than offering alternatives and maybe this benefitted us,"
Radebe added.
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