South Africa's ANC party loses parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years | The World

The African National Congress is in discussions with other major political parties to form government, after failing to win a majority in last week's national election. The result, announced on Sunday, is the worst election showing for the ANC; Africa's oldest liberation movement, once led by Nelson Mandela, ending white minority rule. Lecturer in political and international studies at South Africa's Rhodes University Dr Thapelo Tselapedi tells The World's Beverley O'Connor the drop in ANC support was not anticipated.  Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia