A split ANC with 47% — Zackie Achmat’s recipe to revive South African democracy
A radical split within the ANC that would result in the party reducing its majority to less than 47% could be the best thing to happen for the country when it goes to elections in 2019‚ outspoken activist Zackie Achmat says. "What I’d hope for is a splitting of the ANC‚ that might still have some decent people [and get them to work with] good people from other small parties‚ and some coalition taking shape‚" Achmat said at Stellenbosch University on Wednesday‚ outlining his preconditions for an ethical‚ clean and accountable government to be possible in the first five years after Jacob Zuma. "But the ANC has to drop to below 47%. The reason for that would be to enable the smaller parties to go to the (ANC’s) side‚ and influence its direction." Speaking off the cuff in a talk entitled, "State Power‚ State Capture and Building a New Politics of Justice and Equality"‚ delivered under the auspices of the Studies in Historical Trauma‚ Achmat said the ANC was currently so entrenched it wa...
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