Following an Army crackdown and a sweeping victory for the ANC, South African President Jacob Zuma promised to make good on business-friendly reforms, signaling he would use a sweeping election victory to pursue economic growth in the face of leftist opposition.

Following the elections, the ANC government dispatched its armed forces to quell post-election unrest in a Johannesburg slum, reports Reuters.

The African National Congress took 62 percent in South Africa’s fifth post-apartheid elections. But the Zuma goverment has been plaugued with scandals, union strieks and  millions still live in unbearable poverty.

“This mandate gives us the green light to implement the National Development Plan and to promote inclusive economic growth and job creation,” Zuma said in his acceptance speech, referring to a pro-business platform adopted by the ANC in 2012.

The ANC won 249 of the 400 seats in parliament, while main rival, the Democratic Alliance, won 89 seats and the ultra-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) took 25 seats.

The election results were greeted with glee by everyone. The government deployed the military into the black township of Alexandra to stop post-election protests in which 59 people were arrested for public violence. Reuters reports, Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators who burned tires and barricaded roads in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, spokesman Brigadier Neville Malila said.