South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that his African National Congress (ANC) party will seek a national unity government, which he said would reflect the will of voters and help move the country forward.
Ramaphosa made the announcement late on Thursday after an hours-long meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in Johannesburg, where ANC leaders held talks to try to agree on a post-election strategy.
The ANC had lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in the democratic era, but it remains the largest party in the country.
“We agreed to…