WATCH | South Africa 'unlikely to have a coalition government'

Sunday Times parliamentary editor, Thabo Mokone says he does not foresee South Africa getting a coalition government in 2019.

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged voters to register for the upcoming elections during a campaign trail on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Monday, January 7, 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa urged voters to register for the upcoming elections during a campaign trail on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Monday, January 7, 2019 (THULI DLAMINI)

Coalitions - it's the buzzword as the final results from the general elections are finalised. Who will partner with whom? Who is willing to get into bed with the enemy?

Sunday Times parliamentary editor Thabo Mokone takes us through the advantages that come with coalitions and why he thinks there won't be many unions.

"The current governing party, the ANC, I think will still win with an outright majority to form a government on its own. Its majority will be significantly reduced, but still allowing them to form a government on its own."

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