South Africa: ANC vote collapses in historicelection | BBC News

The South African party ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, has been hit with its worst election resultsince apartheid ended 30 years ago.

With results from 99% of voting districts declared the ANC has 40%.

This is a steep fall since the last election when it got57%, and means it will have to share power with one or more parties.

ANC leaders are preparing for complex coalition talks.