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(Bloomberg) -- South Africas opposition Inkatha Freedom Party said it would consider forming a government with the African National Congress should the ruling party fail to win an outright majority in elections next month..
The IFP wont undermine voters if they compel" it to work with the ANC, party leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said on a conference call on Tuesday..
The countrys fourth-largest party is still committed to a pre-election opposition pact including the official opposition Democratic Alliance, but is aware that the group may not raise enough support to form a government, he said..
Hlabisa touted a government of national unity as an alternative to a coalition government with the ANC, saying the model allowed for checks and balances" to be in place..
The DA has ruled out of a government of national unity, though it also signaled that it would abandon the Multi-Party Charter and consider a coalition with the ANC under certain conditions..
