The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

As South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urges unity and open dialogue about the upcoming coalition, former President Jacob Zuma boycotted the results ceremony. Despite finishing third, Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has refused to acknowledge the results. However, the party may still hold significant influence over the country's future.

The ANC lost its majority for the first time in 30 years, gaining just 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament

The governing party has a range of potential partners. But early negotiations suggest that no deal would be easy.

Watch Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20 live streams from anywhere in the world — including free options, U.S. and U.K. coverage of every game.

The tournament’s ‘group of death’ opens with a massive clash at New York’s purpose-built Nassau County Stadium.

After years of scandal and poor governance, the people are right to want checks and balances, and new voices, says Alexis Akwagyiram, managing editor of Semafor Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South African party leaders to work together in the public interest Sunday, after his ANC lost its 30-year-old governing majority in a bruising general election. But, in a sign of possible turmoil to come, graft-tainted former President Jacob Zuma boycotted the results ceremony.

South Africa's election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority.

The African National Congress has lost the country’s elections for the first time in 30 years.

South Africa's election results lead to coalition talks for governance in a diverse political landscape.

ANC says demands that President Cyril Ramaphosa must step down is ‘no-go area’ as rival Jacob Zuma stokes fears of violence