South Africa’s ANC forms unity government with white-led DA

President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as member of parliament during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town, June 14, 2024. John Steenhuisen, leader of the Democratic Alliance, addresses the media after signing a governing agreement with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town, June 14, 2024.

South Africa’s African National Congress party struck a deal Friday with the nation’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), to form the nation’s first coalition government since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.