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South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) will invite opposition parties to form a government of national unity, leader President Cyril Ramaphosa said after the party lost its majority in last week's elections.

A broad coalition like the one President Ramaphosa outlined Thursday leaves the ANC less vulnerable to any one partner.

Party will have to pick coalition partners and then try to reform itself in response to declining support

As South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urges unity and open dialogue about the upcoming coalition, former President Jacob Zuma boycotted the results ceremony. Despite finishing third, Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has refused to acknowledge the results. However, the party may still hold significant influence over the country's future.

The governing party has a range of potential partners. But early negotiations suggest that no deal would be easy.

After years of scandal and poor governance, the people are right to want checks and balances, and new voices, says Alexis Akwagyiram, managing editor of Semafor Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South African party leaders to work together in the public interest Sunday, after his ANC lost its 30-year-old governing majority in a bruising general election. But, in a sign of possible turmoil to come, graft-tainted former President Jacob Zuma boycotted the results ceremony.

South Africa's election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority.

The African National Congress has lost the country’s elections for the first time in 30 years.