President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first major outing as the head of his new government of national unity (GNU) was always going to be as important for the way it framed the GNU itself as for the policy priorities it promised.
It did not disappoint on that front. The president’s clear messaging in his opening of parliament address on the parties’ willingness to work together and why cross-party co-operation mattered for SA was welcome. He opened with a reminder that the electorate had “sent a clear message that without unity, co-operation and partnership, our efforts to end poverty, unemployment and inequality will not succeed”...
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