African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, during a news briefing at the party headquarters in Johannesburg, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Bhengu-Motsiri said top officials in the ANC have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or agreement to form a government but no decision has been made. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, during a news briefing at the party headquarters in Johannesburg, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Bhengu-Motsiri said top officials in the ANC have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or agreement to form a government but no decision has been made. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Guests and delegates use their phone at the formal announcement Sunday, June 2, 2024 of the results in South Africa's general elections at the National Results Operations Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, with his daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, right, at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, front center, arrives at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, during a news briefing at the party headquarters in Johannesburg, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Bhengu-Motsiri said top officials in the ANC have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or agreement to form a government but no decision has been made. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his speech at the formal announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections at the National Results Operations Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, during a news briefing at the party headquarters in Johannesburg, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Bhengu-Motsiri said top officials in the ANC have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or agreement to form a government but no decision has been made. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South African Democratic Alliance opposition leader John Steenhuisen arrives at the formal announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections at the National Results Operations Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)