jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then, this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. ..already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outright
jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. ..already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outrigh
consensus internally. that in itself is likely to be quite fraught, because like any political party, there are various wings within the anc. now, as far as looking externally, there are two likely options. there s forming some kind of coalition government with the democratic alliance, and that s essentially a centre right party, pro business, and the other option is to go to the left and form an alliance with mk, the party of the former presidentjacob zuma, only six months old, and is the real story of this election, and, as well as that, the economic freedom fighters and both mk and economic freedom fighters called for quite hard left policies, such as expropriating land, nationalising banks, nationalising mines. so there are key differences there. it s either a slight push to the left with the latter
itself is likely to be quite fraught, because like any political party, there are various wings within the anc. now, as far as he that, looking externally, there are two likely options. there s forming some kind of coalition government with the democratic alliance, and that s essentially a centre right party, pro business, and the other option is to go to the left and form an alliance with mk, the party the former presidentjacob zuma, only six months old, and is the real story of the selection, and as well as that, the economic freedom fighters, and both mk and economic freedom fighters called for quite hard left policies, such as nationalising banks, nationalising mines. so there are key differences there. it s either a slight push to the left, with the latter group, orto push to the left, with the latter group, or to the right with the da. one other thing