WATCH: ANC, MK coalition not yet on the table - Mantashe
ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the party is not contemplating a coalition with the uMkhonto we Sizwe party at this stage.
Ballot counting continued in various districts across the country on Thursday.
Some projections by experts suggest the ANC could lose its 30-year-old unchallenged majority at a national level.
In a significant turn of events, former president Jacob Zuma's MK party is leading with 43% of the vote in KZN after some 11% of the votes were counted.
READ: IEC in KZN: Vote counting will conclude on Thursday
"We are watching the results, and let us see the outcome. We want a majority outcome,” Mantashe said at the IEC’s national results centre in Midrand.
“Coalitions are a consequence, and you don't plan for consequences."
[WATCH] ANC Chairperson Gwede Mantashe says it’s too soon to celebrate as he expects figures to fluctuate as vote counting continues across the country. Despite predictions of a below 50% dip,he says he remains confident: “I’m always confident”. #SAElections24 pic.twitter.com/5Rns68XP48
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Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota says while it’s still early in the counting process his party's performance so far has him worried.
Lekota is among political leaders keeping a close eye on the results board at the IEC results operation centre.
[WATCH] Cope Leader Mosiuoa Lekota on the factional battles in his party: “There’s really no divisions within the party”.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) May 30, 2024
Cope has been marred by infighting that led to the expulsion of its deputy leader Willie Madisha late last year. #SAElections24 pic.twitter.com/KObA02POVJ
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