{"id":70250,"date":"2024-06-04T06:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/mbumba-congratulates-sa-on-successful-elections"},"modified":"2024-06-04T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:39:05","slug":"mbumba-congratulates-sa-on-successful-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/mbumba-congratulates-sa-on-successful-elections","title":{"rendered":"Mbumba congratulates SA on successful elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Nangolo Mbumba has congratulated South Africa for conducting peaceful, free and fair elections.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mbumba committed to work with the next government of South Africa, to build stronger bilateral relations for development and mutual benefit of the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a neighbouring and sister country, Namibia takes pride in the manner in which the people of South Africa conducted an exemplary election, which reinforced peace and stability as a precondition for development in the sister Republic of South Africa,\u201d Mbumba said in a statement issued on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>On 29 May, millions of South Africans went to the polls, with the final results announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s African National Congress (ANC) lost its 30-year parliamentary majority when the party received only 40,22% of the vote, down from the 57,5% in the 2019 parliamentary vote. This means that the ANC will now have to form a coalition government with the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The ANC now has 159 seats in the National Assembly, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) at 21,81% (87 seats), uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) at 14,59% (58 seats) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at 9,52% with 39 seats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. President Nangolo Mbumba has congratulated South Africa for conducting peaceful, free and fair elections. 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