South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance said Sunday it was seeking coalition partners to run major cities including the capital and business centre Johannesburg after defeating the ruling ANC in local polls. The DA, led by Mmusi Maimane, topped the poll in municipal elections in the capital Pretoria, taking 93 seats out of 214 to 89 for the African National Congress, which suffered its worst result since the end of white-minority rule 22 years ago, falling below 60 percent of the vote for the first time. Maimane on Saturday described the results as "a tipping point for the people of South Africa," while ANC deputy leader Cyril Ramaphosa, Zuma's vice-president, said the party would heed the electorate's message.
