ANC Invokes Mandela as South Africa Rivals Weigh Unity Cabinet
- ANC needs support of at least one big rival to retain power
- May 29 elections failed to produce an outright winner
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South Africa’s African National Congress said it’ll seek to form a government of national unity that includes several rivals, a system last instituted when the party first took power under Nelson Mandela three decades ago.
The ANC, which has ruled since taking power in the nation’s first multiracial election three decades ago, is being forced to seek coalition partners after last week’s election failed to produce an outright winner.