African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the ruling party is open to engaging with all political parties because they did not get an outright majority in the general elections.
The ANC is on course to lose its majority for the first time since it came to power 30 years ago.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will announce the 2024 national and provincial election results this evening.
Addressing the media at the National Results Centre in Midrand, Mbalula said the ruling party noted a decline in the party’s support.
He said he has been mandated to engage political parties.
“We are talking to everybody. We have been approached by political parties and it’s normal and the outcome is clear, nobody has got an outright majority, so we will talk to everybody.”
Mbablula added: “Please don’t distort things by saying we are talking to the DA, MK, EFF. We are talking to everybody because the election did not give us an outright majority and those who don’t want to talk, it’s on. We are having an NEC meeting on Tuesday and we will announce on these talks about talks.”
STATEMENT ON OUTCOME OF 2024 ELECTIONS:
We call on all South Africans to resist the efforts of those forces who want to weaken our democracy, who want to undermine our electoral processes and who want to disregard the will of the people.
As a nation, we will stand together… https://t.co/3vcZtS22ev pic.twitter.com/B7v0AzV08q
— ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile) June 2, 2024
