PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Who has the ‘whatever it takes’ mindset?
There seems a concerted effort to be grown-ups in the government of national unity
We all know that situation. You are at a gathering, perhaps a braai or dinner party. It also happens on holidays with other couples. There is someone there you don’t quite gel with — they have an odd view on this or that issue of the day, they married that guy you can’t quite work out, they don’t cook their pap the way you would. Yet either because, of course, dearest gentle reader, you are the bigger person, or perhaps you are not, but under strict instructions from the matriarch not to create a scene — you all behave like grown-ups for the greater good and with some polite nods and small talk you bumble along. “Ah, this pap is lovely” you say through gritted teeth.
The cabinet at the moment perhaps feels a little like this. For the greater good (keeping the forces of populism and anti-constitutionalism at bay) and actually getting on and making a difference), everyone is saying they are getting on swimmingly — and indeed probably are behind the scenes albeit with some grit...
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