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Riverside Herald

AuthorRiverside Herald
Published22 May 2026

South African politics, where is the country headed

Two years after losing its parliamentary majority, the ANC-led GNU faces budget fights, a Phala Phala impeachment test, and municipal polls on 4 November 2026.

South Africa entered a new political era on 29 May 2024, when voters ended three decades of African National Congress (ANC) dominance in the National Assembly. The ANC won 159 of 400 seats—about 40% of the vote—while the Democratic Alliance (DA) took 87 seats, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) 58, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) 39 ( IPU Parline: 2024 National Assembly election ). With no outright winner, President Cyril Ramaphosa formed a Government of National Unity (GNU) that…