South Africa's ruling party is set for its worst results since coming to power 30 years ago.
With most of the results now in from South Africa's election, the long-ruling African National Congress , will have to contend with sharing power after a historic loss of its parliamentary majority.
Support for the ANC has been dropping significantly due to anger over high levels of corruption, unemployment and crime. Political analyst Sanusha Naidoo told the BBC that although there were a lot of votes still to be counted, there was no way the ANC could reach the 50% needed to form a government on its own. She said the best it could hope for was 45%ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe said his party was unlikely to form an alliance with the centre-right DA, which is currently polling in second place with 22%.
Mr Steenhuisen also told the BBC he would have to consult pre-election coalition partners before considering any negotiations. One possibility would be a coalition between former MK party and the ANC in both KwaZulu-Natal and nationally - but given the fractious relations between the two parties, that appears unlikely.
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