Political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki says the African National Congress (ANC) doesn’t have to “actually work with anyone” to form a government after its poor performance in the 2024 general elections. After 30 years of an ANC-led government, the ANC has lost its majority in Parliament, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Northern Cape. The election result , announced on Sunday was the worst election showing for the ANC – Africa’s oldest liberation movement, once led by Nelson Mandela – since it came to power ending white minority rule.
Watch Moeletsi Mbeki speaking about the ANC not needing anyone ANC needs no one It will now need to make a deal with other parties to form a coalition government for the first time, but does it have to? Not according Mbeki, who is also former President Thabo Mbeki’s brother. “We have to realise, the ANC doesn’t actually have to work with anyone as long as it can gets its president elected in Parliament. The opposition in Parliament are not united, so some of them will vote for an ANC candidate, others will abstain, others will vote with ANC.
“So, it doesn’t follow that the ANC has to have a coalition. It can have a president elected without having to enter into a formal coalition with any of the parties. It’s a big party and it sits with 40% of the vote.
The nearest competitor is way down at 21% which is the DA ,” says Mbeki. ALSO READ: Sisulu calls on black parties to unite to prevent ANC-DA coalition Excitement over nothing .
