CONFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE
Civil society raises spirit of UDF to fight state capture
There is no longer any doubt that some in the ANC and its alliance partners are looking for an alternative political home. This comes as many who have been loyal to the ANC for decades fear the prospect of an SA governed after 2019 by an opposition coalition led by EFF leader Julius Malema and the DA’s Mmusi Maimane. As the ANC sinks deeper into paralysis and crisis, attempts to imagine alternatives are fermenting in different quarters. They are happening in parallel to each other, but there is great potential for them to intersect — how and when they will do so depends on the December elective conference. The first attempt to launch an alternative political party was made at the South African Communist Party (SACP) national congress, which ended with a decision to contest elections on its own. Former deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin said this was likely to take place as a "broad front" and not the SACP on its own, hence its invitation to Zwelinzima Vavi and the new South Afri...
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