melinda haring and inna sovsun, - bears culpability for. te it. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. south african political parties are getting ready for coalition talks as results from wednesday's election show the african national congress is set to fall well short of a majority. the latest tally, gives the anc a2% of the vote. the leader of the next largest party — the democratic alliance — said his party would only enter coalition talks with parties that shared its values and principles. for several hours, updated results had been unavailable on the electoral commission's website. it blamed a technical fault. catherine byaruhanga is at the official results centre — north ofjohannesburg. most of the molestations have been counted and it shows the anc have around a2% of the boat, far short of the 50% it needs to have an outright majority in parliament. throughout the day, we have seen leaders from various parties walking through this hall, already, you see them shaking hands. the talk right now is about the possible corre

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