to the generals, we want to thank you for to the generals, we want to thank you for ensuring peace and stability during you for ensuring peace and stability during voting and we must also thank the home during voting and we must also thank the home affairs staff and officials who ensured that as many voters as possible who ensured that as many voters as possible had their identity documents on election day. thank you very n1ucir documents on election day. thank you very much to documents on election day. thank you very much to you as well. applause i would also like to extend our national i would also like to extend our national gratitude to the independent candidates and leaders and members of various political parties and members of various political parties that participated in the elections. i wish to thank all the elections. iwish to thank all the iocei elections. i wish to thank all the local and elections. i wish to thank all the local and international
incumbent on him to actually attempt to put together a governing coalition as we stand here today and he stilt coalition as we stand here today and he still remains the president of the anc he still remains the president of the anc and of course his organisation, but he is not here is the president of the anc but it is not lost the president of the anc but it is not lost in the president of the anc but it is not lost in his mind that he must reach not lost in his mind that he must reach out not lost in his mind that he must reach out and he was saying that he knows reach out and he was saying that he knows that reach out and he was saying that he knows that people said a lot of things knows that people said a lot of things about one another during the campaign things about one another during the campaign trail but that must all be put behind it out as the people of south put behind it out as the people of south africa and spoke and there is no campaign, there is gove
clash on their outlook and the policies they are going to champion so we policies they are going to champion so we witt policies they are going to champion so we will see a flood of pieces of iegisiation so we will see a flood of pieces of legislation coming from political parties legislation coming from political parties but it will be difficult for them parties but it will be difficult for them to parties but it will be difficult for them to pass legislation in this parliament because to get more than 50%. parliament because to get more than 50%. it parliament because to get more than 50%. it may parliament because to get more than 50%, it may well be that all of the parties 50%, it may well be that all of the parties that cooperate with one another parties that cooperate with one another won t agree on every piece of legislation. as another won t agree on every piece of legislation- of legislation. as you mention, it will aet a of legislation. as you mention, it wil
ust two, sitting on one in 2019 with just their two, sitting on one in 2019 with just their president having a seat, so it is just their president having a seat, so it is quite an interesting picture so it is quite an interesting picture and of the 14 political parties picture and of the 14 political parties represented in the previous parliament, 11 have made it back and it is the parliament, 11 have made it back and it is the end parliament, 11 have made it back and it is the end of the road for the congress it is the end of the road for the congress of the people and the end of the congress of the people and the end of the road congress of the people and the end of the road for the national freedom party and of the road for the national freedom party and the end of the road for the independent congress, the aic, but there the independent congress, the aic, but there are more parties that have come but there are more parties that have come in. but there are m
anc party, his party, will not be able to form a majority in parliament and he said this showed that all political parties in south africa had been called to work together to meet the needs of south africa and he said to party is needed to find common ground as they move ahead and to analyse more of what we are finding out now, we are joined by a south african analyst. you were watching that speech by the president and he tried to sound conciliatory in his tone, conciliatory in his tone, conciliatory with other parties as we head into coalition talks in south africa. we head into coalition talks in south africa. absolutely, and i think adopting south africa. absolutely, and i think adopting that south africa. absolutely, and i| think adopting that conciliatory tone think adopting that conciliatory tone was think adopting that conciliatory tone was necessary and remember that although tone was necessary and remember that although the anc have lost about 71 seats from the previo