South Africa's ANC to invite other parties to form government of national unity - Ramaphosa

ANC'S President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting looking at options to form a new South African government, its Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said in Boksburg, in the East of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) will invite other political parties to form a government of national unity, its leader Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, after a meeting of the ANC's National Executive Committee.

The ANC lost its parliamentary majority in last week's election, meaning it cannot govern alone for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.