ANC loses outright majority in South Africa vote

South African President and President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa (C) leaves after the official announcement of the South African general election results in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Results Center at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, on June 2, 2024.[Photo,AFP]

South Africa's governing African National Congress lost its 30-year-old outright majority in this week's election, winning only 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament, official results showed Sunday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and the leaders of most of the rival parties attended the announcement, but in a sign he intends to challenge the result, former president Jacob Zuma stayed away.