By noon on Thursday, the ANC privately acknowledged it had lost its dominance in KwaZulu-Natal. At 6pm, it reached out to political parties for a chat about cooperation.reliably learnt. It was styled as being in the interest of stable governance in a possible tandem agreement between KwaZulu-Natal and national governments. But nothing will happen until the ANC National Executive Committee meets.
The outlook in KwaZulu-Natal for the ANC looked dim at noon when the uMkhonto Wesizwe party was narrowly trumping the ANC, while the IFP had 36.8% of the votes counted and the DA 11.4%. By 7.30pm, that provincial outlook had turned decidedly bleak for the ANC, with 21.27% against MK's 43.4% support from the votes counted, while the IFP stood at 17.9% and the DA at 10.3%.
At these percentages, the ANC will need a three-way agreement to govern KwaZulu-Natal, with the addition of a small party. MK said it would not go into a coalition with the ANC,. It remains to be seen what, if anything, the party headed by former president Jacob Zuma will offer the IFP.).
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