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
hearing there, this is a big shake up for the african national congress, a party that is over 100 years old and over the past 30 years is only known dominating south africa s politics and we now have two weeks of delicate negotiations as south africa begins to form its next government. back to you in the studio. . ~ , ., next government. back to you in the studio. . ,, , ., . ., studio. thank you, catherine. you are watching studio. thank you, catherine. you are watching bbc studio. thank you, catherine. you are watching bbc news. to the uk election now and some breaking news in the last few minutes. diane abbott has announced that she will run for labour. she was responding to a guardian newspaper article on acts which said she was considering her options and the report she had been offered a place in the house of lords and she spoke on acts and said this was factually incorrect and she has never been offered a seat in the lords and would not offer one and i