YACOOB ABBA OMAR: Time for South Africans to forge a new social compact
Ramaphosa and Mbeki have been talking of the need for a national dialogue
There is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind and today there is no larger deadline focusing the nation’s mind than that of the constitutionally required June 17 convening of the National Assembly of newly elected MPs and the election of the speaker of the National Assembly and president.
The moment SA finds itself in requires maturity by all the political parties and leaders so that whatever path is chosen — be it a government of national unity, a coalition government or confidence and supply arrangement — it is done in the interest of all of SA, not that of some race or ethnic group, region, class or individual...
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