Songezo Zibi, leader of recently formed South African political party Rise Mzansi, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Johannesburg, South Africa May 14, 2024. REUTERS/James Oatway
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's most competitive election since the advent of democracy could provide opportunities for new political party Rise Mzansi to make innovative deals and improve parliamentary oversight, its leader said on Tuesday.
With polls suggesting the African National Congress, which has been in power for 30 years, will lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in the May 29 vote, smaller parties have come into focus as potential coalition partners or kingmakers.
