Ramaphosa’s enemies in the ANC voted for Jacob Zuma — and got John Steenhuisen instead
Broad agreement will be followed by talks to flesh out how the coalition will work
The ‘majority’ of 17 parties in parliament had expressed support for the government of national unity, the ANC secretary general said on Thursday night
Parties will back Inkatha Freedom Party provincial chairperson Thami Ntuli for premier
The NF party wants a provincial cabinet seat in return for its support
There will be no return to parliament for Bheki Cele and Thulas Nxesi on the slimmer ANC list
Parties’ no-go areas are rapidly shifting as the deadline to constitute a government looms
It’s -71 in the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
The Zulu king has called for peace and for political parties to accept the results of the polls