South Africa’s ANC suffers worst-ever local elections result

This is where the IEC, which is South Africa's electoral body, has just declared elections free and fair. They've also announced the top five political parties, and there are some big winners and there are some big losers. And the African National Congress is one of the organizations that had had a dramatic decline in voter support. In the previous elections, they got about 45% of the vote, and in these local government elections... They're down to about 30%. We have expressed our acceptance of these election results. A statement that calls on the ANC to... To listen, but also to respond to the issues that South Africans are raising. The second biggest party is the Democratic Alliance. In fact, the DA has beaten the ANC and became the leading party in some of the key metros. Their national support is now sitting at around 24%. We got 300,000 more votes than the next party. We're the biggest party by far. We grew substantially and we were the only party that grew in the council in this election. The next 14 days are going to be so crucial. Because there's no outright winner, especially in some of the key metros, the different political parties have to sit down and discuss who they form coalitions with. And as they step into that process, President Cyril Ramaphosa had this message for them. The elected representatives will need to find common ground. This is not a weakness of democracy. It is an expression of the choices that our people have made and that choice must be respected. The President has also urged all political parties to put their differences aside and prioritise service delivery once their coalition governments have been formed.