14 time champions real madrid. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. with almost all the results from this week s south africa election now in, the anc has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption, and failures in the supply of basic necessities such as water and electricity. the anc will now have to search for coalition partners, as our africa correspondent barbara plett usher reports. the verdict is almost in still not official results, but they re clear. the anc has lost its unrivalled political power. it s done even worse than expected, punished by voters, angry about economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. this is a shock to the system for the anc, the celebrated liberation movement humbled by this verdict on its governance. it s the most dramatic political shift in south africa since the end of apartheid, and no one knows exactly what wi
african national congress the oldest liberation movement on the african continent has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of the doubts away from the anc. and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, and said he was demanding a full revote. the results are not official yet, but they are clear the anc has lost the majority it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we as
indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah cr
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but their focus is on some economic concessions. for example, they want to open a state bank and they want the expropriation of land without compensation. jacob zuma s mk party says it will negotiate with the anc as long as cyril ramaphosa is not head of the party. so there are weeks of tricky negotiations ahead for the anc which is facing these terrible results. to discuss this, we are joined byjamie mighti, who is an africa researcher based in south africa. jamie, we are talking about this as a shock for the anc. how much of a shock is it for south africans? i think some of this was expected for south africans but what was not expected was the scale of basically the drop of the anc in this election. from the projections, it seems it will be close to 40 but not quite 40 which is a 17% drop from the last election so the scale of drop is something that was so inconceivable in terms